4 miles at 5 pm. Splits (8:22, 8:18, 8:37, 8:27) Windy today but I ran before sunset so it wasn't dark and cold. First two miles were with the wind at my back and mostly downhill. Second two miles were the against the wind uphill. Running 11 miles with my running group tomorrow.
Funny story: I bought some new running shoes today from my running store. Mizuno Wave Rider 13. I'm going to try them out tomorrow. Afterwards, I took Jake and Ryan to the park to feed the ducks. As we pulled up, the ducks were coming out of the pond in droves. They swarmed us. There was another man and his son there who warned us that this one goose attacked them. Just then, the goose they were warning us about started running towards us. He was the fastest and the fattest goose I'd ever seen. I guess being a bully pays off.
He saw we had bread and he was very aggressive about getting it. It wasn't long before he bit Jake on the knee and Jake started screaming. While holding Ryan, I threw my bread at him but there were so many other ducks and geese around, the bread kept getting gobbled up by others. I kept throwing bread at him and he kept chasing me... all while Jake is screaming. Finally, I chucked the whole bag at him as hard as I could and I screamed.
Well, that man standing there must have had some kind of male "protector" thing kick in because all of a sudden, he got visciously mad at the goose and charged it, grabbed it by the neck and raised it up off the ground... feathers flying everywhere. It was quite shocking to witness! Jake's mouth dropped to the ground! I thought he was going to ring it's neck right in front of us! I said, "TIME TO GO!!!" and we loaded up in the car as fast as we could. The other ducks were chasing us to the car... but they weren't trying to bite at least... My Gosh, those ducks were hungry. I have never seen anything like this.
When I drove by, I saw that the man let the goose free and it was waddling Super Super FAST away. I rolled down my window and thanked him... he said that the goose will think twice before it attacks another human. I would think so!! Ha, ha!
I called my mom and sister and told them that we need to send word out that the Trinity River ducks and geese were starving so much that they are swarming and attacking people... people need to get out there fast and feed them... BUT might want to take protection. | 