Starting at Novell I ran west towards the lake and turned around,
finishing at five miles. I found a drivers license and a credit card
along the side of the road about 2.25 miles into my run. I was
surprised to see that I knew the owner, as he also works here at
Novell. Assuming that his wallet had been stolen and dumped, I slowed
down and watched the bushes more closely, but didn't find anything
else. It turns out that this person's car had been broken into the night before, and somebody had already made charges to another credit card
from his wallet.
A funny side note - The thief tried to use the card at a local
bike shop after it had been frozen. The cashier told him that the card
was rejected, so the thief pulled out a second card with a completely
different name. That card was also rejected, so he tried a third card
with a (you guessed it) third name. That card was also rejected, so
the person gave up and left the store. The cashier was smart enough to
remember a description of the car and potential buyer, but didn't get a license plate number. As for the run, I averaged a 9:15, with
splits of 9:15, 9:10, 9:30 (while looking for the wallet), 9:10, 9:09.
Pleasant run, but a little on the warm side.
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