Today’s run was supposed to be hill repeats. \u00a0We have a small section of hills near our house so I elected to run them, over and over and over. \u00a0Not a problem.<\/p>\n
As I was on my last section of hill repeats, in the distance I noticed two large animals. \u00a0I was unable to determine if they were deer, coyote or dog. \u00a0They were pretty far away.<\/p>\n
I kept on running. \u00a0There were woods on either side of the road and I figured they would run into the woods as I got closer.<\/p>\n
Wrong.<\/p>\n
Getting closer, I could tell that they were not deer, that left coyote or dog. \u00a0 I began to make noise. \u00a0I yelled, “Shoo! \u00a0Shoo!” \u00a0 They did not shoo. \u00a0I yelled louder, “Go home!” \u00a0They did not go home. \u00a0As a matter of fact, they started running! \u00a0Towards me!!!<\/p>\n
This would not do.<\/p>\n
They were running at me fast by this time. \u00a0I stopped running. \u00a0I thought to myself, “Oh, boy. \u00a0Now what!?!”<\/p>\n
I kept on yelling. \u00a0This time, “Stay!” and “Bad Dog!” \u00a0Nothing was working. \u00a0They were running full steam ahead.<\/p>\n
I will admit, I was getting nervous. I was just standing there, yelling.<\/p>\n
Then, without warning, the biggest dog (I could tell now that they were Great Danes) peeled off into the woods. \u00a0Whew! \u00a0One down, one to go.<\/p>\n
The smaller of the two Great Danes was coming up at me, full tilt. \u00a0It did not look rabid or anything. \u00a0It just would not obey the easiest of commands. \u00a0Stop. \u00a0Sit. \u00a0Stay. \u00a0Bad dog. \u00a0Heel. \u00a0Nothing worked!<\/p>\n
Finally, the dog got very close to me and came to a screeching halt. \u00a0It looked at me and said, well, the look it gave me said, “Pet me.”<\/p>\n
So, I did.<\/p>\n
He was a nice, albeit disobedient dog.<\/p>\n
Soon after I petted the dog, I tried to run some more but the dog was having no part of that. \u00a0I was in a pickle. \u00a0Then a white SUV came around the corner and stopped right next to the dog and myself.<\/p>\n
“I am so sorry. \u00a0This is my dog. \u00a0He must have gotten loose. \u00a0Please forgive me.” \u00a0Then the driver yelled at the dog, opened the door of the SUV. The dog hopped in just as nice as you please. \u00a0The driver asked me if I had seen a larger Great Dane. \u00a0I told her how he a run off into the woods. \u00a0Off the driver (a lady) zoomed to find her other loose dog.<\/p>\n
I finished my hill repeats and went home.<\/p>\n
Whew! \u00a0And that is how my first day of training for my 50K went.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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