I was a little surprised to find myself alone at the corner this morning. Out of Larry, Wayne, Kent and Kevin I figured at least one of them would be out on a Tuesday. I headed out solo on the 2000 N hill loop. I'd only gone a couple of blocks when I was hailed by Tim Hakala. He's been running with Nick and Daniel (real early birds, they get done before we start at 5:45am). He was only planning on about 4 miles so I (willingly) cut out the mile up and down the steep hill and we just did the 4 mile loop. He's under some stress at work and figured the run would help. I asked about the company he started up not long ago and he did most of the talking. I didn't mind. It was interesting to me and it seemed to help him to talk about it (at least I hope it did). I dropped him at his house and went another 1.5 miles. I'm glad there are people, like Tim, that are really smart and are willing to take risks and create new products and new businesses. They allow people like me to have jobs.
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