6.4 very easy. My ankle is still grumbling. I have decided that the objective this week is recovery. I will run 6 to 7 miles each day at an easy pace--no long runs and no even semi-fast running. At the end of the week we will see how my ankle is and then I will decide whether or not to shelve the January 1/2 marathon or not. I refuse to run my first half-marathon injured! I would like to get in a few 15 milers and some long tempo runs before the 1/2--but I can't do it if this ankle continues to complain. Anyway, my run was interesting today. I decided that I wanted to stay on the soft dirt roads to lessen impact, knowing that I would encounter dogs. I did encounter the usual dogs, but a new twist was added today--I was tagteamed by a dog and a GOAT. That's right, a goat. A dog I've been harassed by before came running at me and right behind him was his sidekick, a fat goat. So anyways the dog would jump around and I would shoo it off and then the goat would come running at me with its head lowered like it was going to butt me or something. So I would veer out of the goat's way and be dealing with the dog again. I was actually almost laughing because it was so ridiculous. I'm sure if anyone was watching it was a pretty ludicrous sight. At least I got to practice some fancy footwork drills....
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