AM: ok...so everyone collects running stories over time but today is a story I am not really excited about. I set out to do 14 miles easy here in remote Idaho. The conditions were beyond horrendous. 20-40 mph head and cross winds. Got a tail wind for like a mile which felt heavenly but it was constantly changing. The snow was wet and plenty. I knew I just had to keep a positive attitude and get the run done. About 2 and half miles into the run, I was running on this 5 lane road to get to a better area to run. I could not see the sidewalk because of all the snow. Normally I would do TM when conditions are this bad, but that was not an option. The road was my only option. Anyways, this truck at the 2.5 mark was behind me and started honking for me to get off the road. I waved to him to go around me. He continues to honk at me to get out of the way. Keep in mind there are 2 cars behind him. He can easily go around me and he continues to honk for me to get out of his way. After the 3rd honk I turn around and waved go left around me. He drives up next to me and I hop to my right away from him. I am running about 7-8 mph and he is driving about the same. The next thing I know he is a couple of inches away from me and then proceeds to purposely drive into me. His truck knocks me to the ground instantly. I am in shock. My left knee starts to hurt, but I am so pissed at this idiot that I jump up and immediately start running after him. The car behind him sees what happens and they yelled at me "Dude, are you ok?", I am so pissed that I just yell explicit words towards the direction of the truck that hit me. I tried to get the liscence plate number but could not see a thing in the snow. The truck never stopped. He did it on purpose and didn't think twice to see if I was ok. I had so much adrenaline going through my body that I did not feel my left knee. I continued through the weather conditions and by mile 8 I was skating. The last 6 miles were more like skating then running. It was tough to manage the run. I got the run done though and now I have this stupid story for the record. I know I could have been on the sidewalk but the snow covered everything and I did not want to risk a slippery side walk slope and get injured. I would have never thought someone would hit me on purpose. Stupid Idiot... | 