I didn't run this morning because my day began at 1 a.m., in a crazy experience that I've never had before. The details and links are below. I did get out for an evening run on an erie, windy and rainy August evening. It felt like October, so I guess it's fall. There was no one outside, it was odd.
Out to Tracyton boat launch and back, then some additional loops on Shore Drive to get 11 miles. Just above 7/min pace for the run, a little left hip tightness again around 9 miles. I think I'm going to try and get a massage before TOU, see if that helps this. I don't think it's structural, but more some inflamed tissue or something around the hip. Otherwise felt good, and I'm on a good track for my last heavy week of training. 78:00 supernova glide red
This isn't the crazy story, but worth noting: About 1/2 mile from home a pit bull came sprinting at me. Not a great feeling. I braced myself, but the guy just wanted to play. Now, it's an incredibly powerful and athletic and energetic dog wanting to play, but he was nice. I calmed him down once I figured he wasn't looking to clamp down on a forearm. No tags, but I thought maybe I knew where he lived. So I got him to run with me, and he loved it. We raced around Jacobson for awhile, in that uneven pace that dogs love. Nice dog. Buuut, the woman I thought was his owner wasn't, and I had no clue where he belonged. So I might have stolen someone's dog. Or saved a lost dog, you could say it that way. The woman, who has a fence and a leash, took him off my hands and said she'd walk him around the neighborhood to see if anyone was looking for him. Now the crazy story: I woke up at 1 a.m. last night to my neighbor banging on my window, which is a bad sign. He yells "fire" and I think it's my house, but it's actually the two homes behind my yard and through a tree stand. Huge orange glow back there, these houses went quick. Pretty scary, though everyone got out. I was up until about three writing a story for our website, so that's why I didn't wake early to run. Plus I wanted to go back to the fire site in the morning. Here's the full story: http://tinyurl.com/34po9s
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