I didn't get home till after 10, and still needed to run. I hopped on for an easy 10k. I know I'm in full marathon mode when all the runs feel lousy until mile 4 or 5. When things finally started to click, my time was up. I went upstairs and found that everyone had gone to bed...I could have put in more miles after all. I was so late getting home because of an informational meeting on refinery expansion. Currently 2 of the 5 refineries in Salt Lake and Bountiful are considering expansion. They haven't applied for permits, but the writing is on the wall. This is a horrifying possibility in terms of air quality. Some of you may have gathered that this is a pet issue, but after 2+ hours of listening to specialty physicians describe the effects of PM 2.5 and aromatic hydrocarbon pollution on vessels and arteries everywhere in your body; heart, lungs, brains, eyes, developing infants, placentas, etc... Well, needless to say, there are ample reasons this is my pet issue. I've even given serious thought to moving away. Bottom line, There isn't a soul along the Wasatch Front that isn't being poisoned by these industrial pollutants. Every time there is reduction in air quality, there are both chronic and acute health problems noted by doctors. It makes me sick to think about all the workouts I've completed while breathing in this gunk, not to mention all the other breaths, all day every day. Check out this link for current action items, including refinery expansion and Rio Tinto expansion. Your health can't take any more of this!!! http://www.uphe.org/priority-issues/air-quality | 