Training Log Archive: hughmac4

I'm happy with my training miles this week, but this was not a great run in several ways:

• my gut pain has progressed from 'ignorable' to 'unignorable and affecting my game'
  
• I had to stop and use the porta-john, so was behind time-wise, and ick
  
• I got bitten by a dog!

Obviously the last one is the most interesting so: coming around a corner I see 2 humans and 3 mid-sized dogs (~30lbers?), about 50m away, all off leash. I stop (as I generally do), and 2 of the 3 dogs start racing toward me. This isn't uncommon, but the woman says "she doesn't like people!!", which I think is "she doesn't bother people" or something, because that's what people always say, and what the f*ck am I supposed to do with that information anyway?

I'm standing there, the 2 running dogs come right up to me and one growls at about 5 feet away, and then bites me on the quad, about 6 inches above my knee. It didn't hurt, but was pretty surprising. I yelled. I yelled some more. The woman was trying to call the dogs, but they just ran down the trail.

The man went by with the other dog. I made sure he got a good look at the bite, and I told him if I saw them with the dogs off leash again I would call the police. Stupid humans!


Post-shower shot ... much less dramatic

So dealing with that, and the porta-john left me short on time, and I was really hurting in the gut, so I only did 3 laps, then a few on the field to not feel like a total loser. :)

Got hot out while I was out there!

C • dogs off leash 5

Warm day (86F) and sunny. Ran through the giant sprinkler twice on my extra field mile ... sooo nice!

Ate a giant piece of cake instead of going for a run today. Now I really feel icky. #gutbomb

But it was worth it.

JKoczak took me out for some sushi last night. Mmmm.

Some sultry laps. A bit of hell broke loose at work while I was running and then getting a haircut. Glad I wasn't there. :)

Was going to do a mini-tri (30 run, 20 bike, 20 swim) but I ran out of time.

Whew, another hot one! Good heat training. Good to get out for a long lunch.