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July 29th, 2007, 03:53 AM
So over the summer I've gotten in this thing where I can't sleep and so I've started to go running/jogging at like 11 o'clock at night, well tonight I was on the phone until about two and wasn't tired so I thought what the hell, I'll just go run a few laps around the streets.
Now I live in a development thats got two sets of streets with about 20 Houses on each street that ends in a circle loop and then doubles back, then there is a street that snakes straight behind us we've named the back 40 (because there is 40 houses back there along the snake like road.) Well usually I'll just run a sort of lap from my house around the street straight across the main road, back down and back up my street, and I'll do that a few times before calling it a night (usually about 20 - 30 minutes of running.) Well tonight some kids that live in the back fourty were on their way home and saw me running across the main road, I stopped and waved so that they didn't think I'm so weirdo stalking around, but I guess for some reason they decided to call the cops on me...
Now I'm not some weird looking kid, I'm an average 17 year old, and I wasn't wearing all black or camo or something, I'm wearing my old PE shorts and a white undershirt, and so as I'm on my way back down on my 2nd lap just coming out of the loop on the second street I see a car coming down the main road with a spotlight and I instantly recognize it as a police car (even though it's night all the houses have those light sets out side to illuminate flower beds and the various water designs infront their house.) The police car was shining a spot light around the houses and between them to see if anyone was there (or so I suppose) and they kept driving back into the back 40 street, so I continued running home down the street into my house, and then they came down my street right after I had gotten inside my garage, they didn't stop or even shine their light near my house, so I know they didn't see me but still, what the ****? Why the hell call the police for a harmless kid running....
So yeah, morale of the story: Don't go running at 3AM...especially if you've got stupid neighbors looking to cause a scene.
Whats funny though is that I probably could've gotten away from it all without anything happening, most of the Officers that work this side of town all know me through my computer work. I've done various PC related jobs for them or their familes and have gotten to know them, so chances are I knew whoever was looking for me tonight, but still...
Now I live in a development thats got two sets of streets with about 20 Houses on each street that ends in a circle loop and then doubles back, then there is a street that snakes straight behind us we've named the back 40 (because there is 40 houses back there along the snake like road.) Well usually I'll just run a sort of lap from my house around the street straight across the main road, back down and back up my street, and I'll do that a few times before calling it a night (usually about 20 - 30 minutes of running.) Well tonight some kids that live in the back fourty were on their way home and saw me running across the main road, I stopped and waved so that they didn't think I'm so weirdo stalking around, but I guess for some reason they decided to call the cops on me...
Now I'm not some weird looking kid, I'm an average 17 year old, and I wasn't wearing all black or camo or something, I'm wearing my old PE shorts and a white undershirt, and so as I'm on my way back down on my 2nd lap just coming out of the loop on the second street I see a car coming down the main road with a spotlight and I instantly recognize it as a police car (even though it's night all the houses have those light sets out side to illuminate flower beds and the various water designs infront their house.) The police car was shining a spot light around the houses and between them to see if anyone was there (or so I suppose) and they kept driving back into the back 40 street, so I continued running home down the street into my house, and then they came down my street right after I had gotten inside my garage, they didn't stop or even shine their light near my house, so I know they didn't see me but still, what the ****? Why the hell call the police for a harmless kid running....
So yeah, morale of the story: Don't go running at 3AM...especially if you've got stupid neighbors looking to cause a scene.
Whats funny though is that I probably could've gotten away from it all without anything happening, most of the Officers that work this side of town all know me through my computer work. I've done various PC related jobs for them or their familes and have gotten to know them, so chances are I knew whoever was looking for me tonight, but still...