Well, I finished up week #3 of my 14 week 1/2 Marathon training program today with a 5 mile run on the treadmill. Like last week, I worked an 8 hour shift, ran my long run, then headed back to the radio room to work some overtime.
Increased criminal activity in the town where I work has resulted in an extra effort by our department to deal with, not just an increase in crime, but a spike in violent crime in our community. For many communities violent crime is a normal occurance, but that's not the case here. So, when the week started with the clerk at a gas station being shot and killed during a robbery, we knew the dome had been blown off our little corner of Franklin County.
This month started with an armed robbery at one of the local McDonald's. Fortunately that was solved pretty quickly, and the suspect was arrested the same day. Then two armed gunmen robbed a local Max & Erma's retaurant while employees were closing up for the night. Fortunately no one was injured, but the gunmen are still at large. Then an armed robbery at the local UDF. On top of that, other communities around us were experiencing spikes in armed robberies also. But Monday night got worse with the robbery and murder at the local Sunoco Gas Station while the clerk was cleaning up and getting ready to close for the night. We don't know if these were the same people who committed any of the other robberies, but we do know that they need to be taken off the street, and hopefully it will happen before anyone else gets hurt.
The running helps to deal with the stress that can come with this job. We know when we take this job that we're gonig to deal with some people at their worst. People don't call us to let us know they're having a good day. If they're calling it's usually because something is wrong. Dealing with that every time the phone rings can be stressful. Running really does help to deal with stress. It doesn't matter where the stress comes from, the exercise helps to deal with it. Stress can do terrible things to your body, and coming from a family who experienced heart problems on both my mother's and father's side of the family, I need to minimize those effects as much as I can.
In other news....invitations went out today for my parents' 50th Anniversary party which my brothers, sister and I are hosting next month. Most of the pre-party work is done. There are still some loose ends to tie up and a few other purchases to make, but things are still moving smoothly.
Increased criminal activity in the town where I work has resulted in an extra effort by our department to deal with, not just an increase in crime, but a spike in violent crime in our community. For many communities violent crime is a normal occurance, but that's not the case here. So, when the week started with the clerk at a gas station being shot and killed during a robbery, we knew the dome had been blown off our little corner of Franklin County.
This month started with an armed robbery at one of the local McDonald's. Fortunately that was solved pretty quickly, and the suspect was arrested the same day. Then two armed gunmen robbed a local Max & Erma's retaurant while employees were closing up for the night. Fortunately no one was injured, but the gunmen are still at large. Then an armed robbery at the local UDF. On top of that, other communities around us were experiencing spikes in armed robberies also. But Monday night got worse with the robbery and murder at the local Sunoco Gas Station while the clerk was cleaning up and getting ready to close for the night. We don't know if these were the same people who committed any of the other robberies, but we do know that they need to be taken off the street, and hopefully it will happen before anyone else gets hurt.
The running helps to deal with the stress that can come with this job. We know when we take this job that we're gonig to deal with some people at their worst. People don't call us to let us know they're having a good day. If they're calling it's usually because something is wrong. Dealing with that every time the phone rings can be stressful. Running really does help to deal with stress. It doesn't matter where the stress comes from, the exercise helps to deal with it. Stress can do terrible things to your body, and coming from a family who experienced heart problems on both my mother's and father's side of the family, I need to minimize those effects as much as I can.
In other news....invitations went out today for my parents' 50th Anniversary party which my brothers, sister and I are hosting next month. Most of the pre-party work is done. There are still some loose ends to tie up and a few other purchases to make, but things are still moving smoothly.
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