The following story is a PSA or FYI:
I have a client who is a talented runner form Box Elder High School. During the retelling of this tale I’ve change his name to “Ben” not because he is a minor and needs to keep his identity private, no, it’s primarily because his “man card’ will be revoked if his true identity is leaked…..
Ben had just completed his interval session at the Swenson Gym on the campus of Weber State University. Normally the group of high school runners head over to the Dee Events Center for a cool down runner. Due to a misunderstanding, Ben thought the group was heading up Skyline Dr. for the cool-down run. Now let me backup a bit and inform you that this story took place about a week ago at about 6:30 at night. So, here’s Ben running up Skyline Dr. alone (not sure how that happened) at night when all of a sudden a deer nearly runs him over. Ben stops in the middle of the street and looks to see if any other deers are following the first. A quick look to his left reveals the reason why the deer was running for it life…..a mountain lion was chasing it.
Ben and mountain lion lock eyes! The lion turns around and retreats into the scrub oak to stalk another deer. Ben frozen with panic, removes the cell phone from his pocket (did I mention that Ben is 16 years old) and calls his dad. Now here comes the part where Ben’s man card is in jeopardy. Ben’s father answers the phone and before he can get a word out, Ben in a voice that resembles an eight year old at a Hannah Montana screams in the phone that he just saw a mountain lion chase a deer and he is not moving from that very spot and “PLEASE COME GET ME”.
