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RUNNING CLUB UPDATE

El Presidente Matt Riffle

A reminder that the run club will not be meeting at 10:00 a.m. during the Ogden Wellness Weekend on May 24th - but we still hope to see you that day! I, along with whatever Waterfront Hall Run Club members I can harass into joining me, will have a tent set up after the race for anyone interested in learning more about the run club. I would like to tell you in advance that we will not accept any judgement for the morning beers we will be cracking after the race. It is my firm stance that the clock does not define you - not as a runner, and not as a beer drinker.

This will be a chance to tell you about all the cool events we are planning this summer, like our first in a series of Support Small Business Saturday Runs on May 31st. After our run we hope that you’ll join us for coffee at Table 304 just around the corner.

Each month we’ll select a different small business in the area where we’ll meet up for a post-run coffee or breakfast. So bring a friend and join us! Unless that friend is Jeff Bezos, who I promise to fist fight in the parking lot should he think he is welcome to any celebration of small businesses. Dan said he'll bring brass knuckles.

From Dan

Good Tuesday Morning Everyone,

I must admit, the last few weeks I've had a hard time writing my portion of the newsletter. I wish I had a concrete reason for you - it could be burn out, though I recently had a great vacation with my loved ones. It could be that I've run out of topics to write about for now, though I find life endlessly fascinating. It could be a lack of inspiration though all I really have to do is look in the eyes of the people I care about and there I find what I need.

I do know for sure that things feel like they are moving incredibly fast right now, on a personal level and on a societal level. I'm hurling toward some big life changes. Our species is hurling toward a future created selfishly and haphazardly by rich people, featuring, oh by the way, a species more intelligent than us.

I'm overwhelmed probably? And I don't really know which direction to turn this newsletter in.

I don't know if I want to write little vignettes to you about the beauty in everyday life, or if I want to convince myself and you to get off of our asses to make the change that we all say we want to see, whether that's political, community-based, or on a personal level. It's both I guess.

Part of me wants to take a few months away from this newsletter. "Only 45% of the people subscribed are looking at it on a regular basis" says the shitty voice in my head.

But, then I'll hear that more angelic voice inside my head (they one I pay attention to 50.5 percent of the time) and it'll say, "hey man - what you write here may just matter to someone."

That better version of me just so happened to crack open an outstanding book this week which helped me begin to break through whatever this feeling has been.

The book is titled "How to Know a Person" by David Brooks. It's helped me look at things on a more molecular level - and I've learned a lot about myself and how much room I have for improvement in my relationships. I'll write about it next week after I finish it.

This week I just wanted to be honest and I didn't want to be as brief as I had been, because I still want to write things that are personal and I want to share my perspective. Mostly, I want to understand, be understood, and give you something of value.

I hope you have a great week ahead.