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I'm Lily, and I love to do hard things.

 

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Sun, Oct 28, 2012
Total Distance
4.00

Ran 2 miles up the river trail. Oh my, the river trail is so beautiful right now. So beautiful. Amazing. Anyway, then 2 miles back down. About a quarter mile from home a dog came after me, and I hosed it with my pepper spray. It turned around and ran. I felt kind of bad, but it was not stopping and snarling its teeth at me. I let it get about 3 ft from me before I sprayed him. I don't like doing that, but I had no choice. I am not going to let myself get bit. ahhh well. 

Look at the Trail!!!!!!!!!! 

 

Comments
From allie on Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 20:12:12 from 97.117.83.179

beautiful pics!

grrr. grrr. grrr.

From Lily on Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 20:15:13 from 67.199.178.95

haha! The dog really honestly got what it had coming. :/ he was a mean, snarly dog.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 20:27:26 from 66.17.102.185

I bet that dog won't get lippy with another runner. :) Nice one! Gorgeous trail pics. Love this time of year.

From Andrea on Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 20:42:06 from 67.177.11.154

That's beautiful! Love the fall colors.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 21:56:50 from 24.19.80.36

Glad you were "armed". This blog entry could have been a lot different otherwise. Great pics!

From gdoc on Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 22:14:49 from 98.202.193.212

Warrior Princess today! Nice! and beautiful picts to boot

From Jake K on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 08:23:10 from 155.100.226.191

Wow the colors are great!

From Ken Bess on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 09:46:42 from 174.52.148.34

I'm glad you had pepper spray, and that the wind wasn't blowing! Where were the owners?!

Those are some amazing pics, looks like a nice run.

What kind of pepper spray do you have? Is it a stream or a cone spray pattern? How quickly did it work after hitting the dog? Sorry for all the questions, I also carry pepper spray but I've never used it on a dog. I'm unsure if I have the right stuff and how that situation will work if I must spray one.

From Lily on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 09:53:39 from 67.199.178.95

Ken it sprays in a stream pretty far. Probably 6 ft out. I got him in the eye. And he immediately stopped and turned around and ran back to his yard.

I hate to admit, but I am laughing over here about it. I felt bad but it was kind of funny to see how it worked in the daylight. I've used it 2 other times, but in the dark. I couldn't see a thing.

From Ken Bess on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:59:21 from 174.52.148.34

I'm glad it has worked for you, I should probably test fire mine to see how it works. I've been attacked by dogs a few times. I've learned my lesson.

From Lily on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 13:24:33 from 67.199.178.95

I've had to use my.spray in the west fields. On scary farm dogs.

From Brooke on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 18:04:11 from 174.27.221.57

Love the pics! Glad you didn't get hurt! And nice running and cross training, too :)

From I Just Run on Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 15:55:31 from 67.79.11.242

Wow...GREAT pictures!!!

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