Of Mice and Marathons

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	32.70	Month:	57.70	Year:	1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Mon, Aug 04, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.50

9.5 miles, no watch

Narrowly avoided a German Shepard attack. I got partially into the woods and grabbed some bush cover and put a ditch in between us. I had thought as I was approaching I should have grab a defense weapon. It started jumping up and down and I yelled for help. The owner came and the dog quickly left.

Loose Dogs Miles: 1.00	Kinvara 5 Miles: 9.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 09:20:24 from 141.221.191.225

Glad you are safe! I had a dog charge at Moxie and me this morning but nothing like your experience. Did the owner even hint at being sorry? Most often guys like that don't and think it is your fault for antogonizing their dog by running by!

From steve ash on Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 11:23:14 from 174.52.33.62

Close call Jason, luckily most people around here are pretty good about keeping their dogs in check. But I too have run into the neighbor's German Shepherd once when he got out. Pretty intimidating animal.. Safe to say I stopped, went way to the other side of the road and ever so casually walked away:)

From SlowJoe on Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 11:30:33 from 168.215.171.129

Yikes. Never fun when that happens. Back in Oklahoma (out in the sticks) it happened all the time, but most of the dogs retreated when I went alpha male on them. Never ran into a German shepherd though!

From Matt Schreiber on Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 20:47:16 from 66.17.102.175

Geez. I've only had little ones chase me, and they get my heart pumping. Glad you're alright. I've often thought about the mace thing.

From Jason D on Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 09:31:46 from 76.179.128.4

The owner was pretty unapologetic but I think he was almost as scared as I was. I usual run my mouth a bit but I was a bit in shock. In lafayette, IN the owners were never around. In Maine they can usually reel them in pretty quickly. In Philadelphia the dogs tip their hats and bark, "Good morning, sir!" Extremely well trained.

I moved to the other side of the road but I should have walked to let him know I wasn't a threat.

Joe: not sure how this compares to Oklahoma but it's the sticks. ~2300 people. Not a single traffic light. No chains. No grocery store. We do have a large general store which I guess is technically a grocery store. Look up Hussey's General store. The sign is famous.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 09:53:11 from 168.215.171.129

Very similar! In Elgin we had ~2500 people, no stoplights, small grocery store and two dollar stores. Maybe the 3 stores combined to equal Hussey's, though none of them sold guns. Other than the loose dogs, I loved running in the middle of nowhere.

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