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:	0.00	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

Fri, Oct 10, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.00	8.00	0.00	0.00	19.00

AM: Flourtown Temp Loop - 15 miles, averaged 7:15 w/ 8 mile aerobic tempo

4 miles up/3 down

8 mile aerobic tempo in 51:48, averaged 6:28

6:37, 6:39, 6:28, 6:33, 6:27, 6:24, 6:21, 6:18

Narrowly avoided my second German Shepard attack in the last 2 1/2 months. It came across the road at me so I started yelling for help and looking for cover. Ran around a car and thought of jumping on it to get a height advantage (I should have broke every damn window in that car given that it was the owner's). I screamed for a while, and finally some neighbors informed me it was the people's dog in the yard I ran into. I grabbed a fence post but it was rotted. Still a decent poking tool. The owner must have got the dog around back of the house because I no longer saw it but didn't see the owner. I ran my mouth to anyone who would listen for a while. It's probably time to get some sort of defense device.

That pretty much ruined my concentration and I started to run too fast (~mile 2.3-2.5).

PM: Walking Dead-looking school athletic fields - 4 miles, averaged 8:14

Loose Dogs Miles: 1.00	Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 15.00	Kinvara 5 Miles: 4.00

Weight: 171.50

Comments

From Bob on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 13:14:45 from 163.191.36.14

Holy cow! Who needs tempo runs when all your ticker needs is a dog scare. There are different self defense alternatives out there. I carried something for a while when I saw a pit bull just running around.

From Bam on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 13:37:11 from 89.126.28.24

Ah JD, that's class. That's just made my Friday night:)

From Jason D on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 13:39:25 from 68.80.27.222

Since I moved to Philadelphia I've seen some insanely well behaved dogs. My tempo loop is out in the suburbs, and although a nice area, it has yards and people are a bit more lax. What I can never understand is why people with fenced in back yards leave unattended dogs out front.

But, yes, I got the ticker going. Resting heart rate was 39 this morning. Hoping it comes down from 239 earlier today :-)

From Jason D on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 13:45:27 from 68.80.27.222

It wasn't very classy. My mouth wasn't, and I am sure people didn't like me yelling but I think they understood I was pretty frightened.

Any chance you want to move here and pace me on a bike that comes equipped with a stun gun?

From Bam on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 14:02:17 from 89.126.28.24

I'm that blind I'd probably shoot you - so yeah, why not.

From Jake K on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 14:10:55 from 159.212.71.199

I just googled "German Shepherd Puppies" and I'm guessing those aren't exactly the kind you came across.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 15:30:13 from 107.77.80.50

You and the German shepherds are building quite a history! When I lived in the boondocks (OK) all dogs were loose - I started just pausing the garmin and do a little charge at them and yell "NO!" 99% of the time, a domestic dog will back off a bit and just bark. The other 1% of the time, you'll probably just get mauled. The odds are in your favor though.

From Rob on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 17:48:04 from 75.162.170.206

Pepper spray

From Matt Schreiber on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 18:49:24 from 66.87.73.247

The 1st German shepherd that go made at me about made me soil myself. I do think know how you keep surviving these near misses.

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