10 miles @ 7:36 with one altercation, running in North Logan on 1600 east , on the rich people bench, middle of nowhere, road wide open, no sidewalks, I am as far as i can get on the side without going into the slush, minding my own business, and some jerk driver (not a kid) in a pickup (a nice expensive one) decides to send me a message by ripping by me a few inches to my side even though the road is wide open in both directions. So I make a gesture to move out (not obscene), he stops, and then things heat up. Running deaf is hard enough without jerk drivers picking fights with you. Anyway I couldn't hear what this guy was yelling at me which is one of the frustrations of running deaf but I didn't care, I just unleashed a verbal barrage and held my ground until he drove off, up a side road to his mcmansion. I have little tolerance for these types anymore. 99% of the drivers in Logan are friendly and courteous, but the 1% can be very dangerous. I guess I could try to run with my cochlear implant in but it is not easy with slippage, sweat getting on the receiver, etc. Well, I feel bad now for losing my cool, I should have been mature enough to keep myself under control and just memorized his license plate and reported him, but since losing my hearing I get very very frustrated when running and am provoked like this. Next time I will try to keep my cool.
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