Workout this morning with Josh. We ran from 3rd Ave toward 15th E. After a four mile warmup, we ran 2 miles at Tinman tempo pace, 6:07 & 6:05. That's more Josh's pace than mine, but it felt fine. Then we cooled down for a few minutes as we headed into Sugarhouse Park to face our maker at critical velocity pace. The plan was 4 x 4 minutes at 5:25-5:35 pace. First interval felt pretty good and considering it included the big hill on the northwest corner (we were running clockwise), not too bad at 5:38 pace. We picked it up on the second interval, 5:28 pace. Third interval, things started to get a little silly--5:22 pace (covered .75). We paid for it on the last interval, which included the same hill as the first, 5:42. We were pretty cooked at that point. Still had five miles to run home. On the way back on 15th East we heard a guy yelling for help from the front yard of one of the houses. He was hidden behind some large shrubs. He continued to yell out for someone and we went over to check on him. We discovered this very large man who, while pruning a large rose bush, had apparently fallen through or over a wooden railing directly onto said rose bush. It was sort of an "I've fallen and I can't get up" sort of situation. He more or less ignored our requests to help until his housemate came out to help. As we pulled him out of the bush, there was a ton of blood rushing down his face underneath his eye from where the bush had cut him. It was pretty nasty. Seeing as we could apparently be of no further assistance, we continued our run. A few moments later a German Shepard almost busted off of its leash in an effort to attack us. That was enough adventure for the morning.
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