What's With The Helicopter?

My buddy Scott and I decided to hit the hills last night after work. We were hoping to put in about 10 miles and the weather turned out to be absolutely perfect! We ran on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in Draper and although it was still quite sloppy, and somewhat slippery, we didn't have too many problems keeping a running pace.

While making our way towards Corner Canyon, we heard a helicopter approaching from behind, flying low. It zipped right by us, then turned around and came back in our direction. Strange. We thought maybe they were searching for something (or someone), but then it stopped and hovered right next to us. We noticed it was a news helicopter, so we joked around saying we might be on the news. It hovered there for a good minute or two, then finally went off into the distance.

The run went really well and we got in a good amount of vertical. We were both pretty spent by the end of the run. I finally got home and started making dinner when I hear my phone ring. It's my sister Brittany.

She asks, "Did you run after work?"

"Yes. Why?"

"Did you run in the mountains?"

"Yes."

"Were you wearing a red jacket?"

"Yes."

At this point I thought for some weird reason that she was driving somewhere near the trail - not even close to her home, mind you - and she saw me.

Then she says, "I saw you on the news."

I laughed, completely forgetting about the helicopter. (Yeah, I'm a bit slow after a hard workout!) I didn't think it was really newsworthy, but we do live in Utah :)

Anyway, here's my 5 minutes of fame. (ok, so it's more like 10 seconds)

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