I owe an update on running and my health and all the the breakthroughs that were made in discovering what was wrong with me, but I had such an action packed run this morning I had to share...
I helped this dog and his friend find their owner this
morning on my run.
They came down the street out of nowhere soaking wet and
covered in mud. I was a little afraid they were going to attack me since I've been attacked by a dog on a run before (and am almost always chased by unleashed dogs), but these two
only attacked me with love (lots of licking). Luckily they had collars on but I
struggled to calm them down enough to read their ID tags. While I was trying one of them ended up
chasing a bus in the middle of the street and the other one followed, which nearly gave me a heart attack.
I
called them back and eventually was able to get one of them to sit still long enough for me to read their tag. I got their owner on the phone and she said she
had been up all night worrying. While we waited for her to arrive I had the challenge
of getting two big dogs to not run away from me while cars drove by. Eventually they realized I was
their ally and one curled up into my lap and I scratched the other dog's tummy.
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| The black dog was literally in my lap so you can't see him well. |
I was muddy and wet and they
chewed on my water bottle while we waited, but it was so worth it when their
owner arrived! I wiped my fur covered muddy hands off in the grass and kept going on my run. I hadn't worn my GPS watch this morning, because I had wanted to keep this run light and easy since I'm getting over a cold. In fact I almost didn't run at all and/or was considering sleeping in or running later and I hate to imagine those two sweet dogs getting hit by a car.
On the "post-dog" portion of my it started pouring rain adding another layer to an eventful morning run. If I hadn't had my phone with me I might have just gone for it, but instead I stood under a tree until the worst of it had past. I still ended up running in some pretty significant rainfall, however.
This morning made me realize how much fun and/or weird stuff happens to runners when their out and about. Now I have a new motivation to get up when I want to skip my morning run -- curiosity of what I will see or encounter.
