Beautiful clear morning with a full moon high in the west. Temperatures in the low 40's or high 30's. I wasn't sure I was going to run this morning as I was not feeling well yesterday afternoon and evening. My joints ached, my head hurt, I was chilled and had no appetite. I went to bed early and felt fine this morning.
I left the house around 5:30 and stopped for a few minutes after turning on to 48th west to watch the ISS pass over. It was fairly faint and it's movement could hardly be detected until it got closer overhead (overhead being a relative term as it was hundreds of miles to the south). As it headed southwest it grew dimmer and then disappeared in Provo's light pollution. Starting out my right instep was sore and there was a little tightness in my calves, but after I stopped and started running again I didn't notice it all. I felt great and started to push the pace a bit as I headed down into the park. After looping around the pond and passing by restrooms and trailer I was surprised to see a couple of SUV's coming down the road into the park. Fisherman sometimes arrive pretty early, but something told me these weren't fishermen. I stopped for a minute to see what was going on. The vehicles stopped in the road and four or five people got out and went west on a little trail that leads to the back of some homes. I watched for a couple more minutes and saw them come back, get back in and then slowly turn around. They didn't seem too nervous or concerned so I figured that they were probably OK. As I took the longer loop to the south, I saw them drive out of the park going very slow and turn into the parking lot at Lone Peak. Kind of odd behavior, but then teenagers often do things that are hard to explain. I pushed the pace the rest of the way home as I had a little time to make up. | 