Training Log Archive: Spike

Biking to/from my little sprint map project. I did an hour of field checking. It wasn't too terribly hot.

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A nice jog on West Campus. Low 70s and cloudy...felt fantastic.

I had a call from the District Attorney's Office who told me that they'd convicted the guy at the trial. She also thanked me for calling the police and testifying. Here's the news story:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2018/jun/22/jurors-de...

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To/from the court house.

I was a witness today. It was an interesting experience. I described how I found the gun when I was out jogging and what I did. I had some exhibits to look at including photos of the gun as it was found and a well-lit close up.

I was asked if I'd touched the gun. I hadn't. I got to explain how I wasn't sure the gun was real until I'd memorized the writing on the gun, run home and googled it, and realized it was a real gun (not a replica or toy).

The prosecutor gave me an air photo and a sharpie and asked me to mark where the gun was and put my initials next to the spot. I did that. They displayed the exhibit on a big screen so the jury could see. I also said that I recalled the gun being at the fence on the left field side of the ball diamond.

The defense attorney didn't ask any questions.

Then I was done.

I stayed in the court room to hear the next witness, the police officer who recovered the gun. She talked about responding to the call and me taking her out to the gun. She showed some more photos and opened the gun box and showed the gun to the jury.

The prosecutor asked the officer to mark where the gun was on another air photo. She did and then they projected the image. What? She drew it on the fence just outside of center right field. Well, that's not right. Or is it?

When I left the court room, I opened Garmin Connect on my phone and found the GPS track. The track confirmed. I was right. The officer was wrong. That was satisfying.

Next time, I'll look at the GPS track before I testify. Of course, I hope there isn't a next time.

The experience was interesting, but it was also stressful. Not stressful because of testifying, but because of how sad the whole situation was. People sitting behind the prosecutor must have been the victim's family. They looked so hurt.

Here's yesterday's news story:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2018/jun/20/involunta...

I did a morning jog in north Lawrence. I wanted to check out a couple of places on my NoLaw5K orienteering map. I did that, made a few notes, and will try to get those notes added to the map later today.

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Easy jogging to/from the start/finish.

I ran a sprint course. This was the same course that I set for Mary for the morning she headed off to Scotland. It was fun and felt a little bit different. I worked pretty hard.

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Biking to/from Clinton.

Jogging on the trails at Clinton.

A storm went through in the afternoon and cooled things off quite a bit. But when the sun came out it got steamy. Still, it was a lot more comfortable than the last few runs.

Running felt ok.

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After Mary left for the airport I got out to Clinton pretty quickly (after first sending some lidar to KP to make a new map of the NoLaw 5K course).

I'm not sure of the temp, but it felt warm and getting warmer. The trail is in the shade and that helps a lot. But, every time I glanced at my watch I could see my h.r. creeping up.

I kept a steady and slow pace. I saw a bunch of Trailhawks in my first 30 minutes (and their last 30 minutes).

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