Sunday 6/19 -K

3.13 mi
29:40


Since my run today was at 4 in the afternoon, it was pretty stinkin' hot. I figured since there was a storm coming (that never came...), it would be cool at this time of day. Nope.

Interesting things on my run:

• I had to go out of my way in order to avoid the dead bird in the middle of the road. I didn't want the bugs to get near me or sting me or kill me.
• I ran my normal route backwards, which I hated because that left me all the crazy hills for the end...never again, Katie.
• These two poof dogs chased me! I literally had to stop running because they were barking at me and wouldn't let me run past their house. I thought about how badly it would hurt if either of them bit me. Not too much because their mouths were about the size of a golf ball, but still. I could have contracted rabies. I tried to throw a stick to distract them, but that only made them run away for a few seconds. They came back, vicious as ever. I was so frustrated because I was in the last stretch of my run. I started yelling at them, hoping their owners would hear me, come out, and call them inside. No dice. When I finally made it past their house (after a good 8 minutes), they were still hot on my tail (trail?). I ran backwards in order to be prepared to punt them away if either of them went after my ankles. Luckily for them, that did not happen.
• When I got back to my house, I was only on mile 3.06, and I wanted to go at least 5k (3.1 mi). I felt rather silly running back in forth in front of my house until I reached my goal. Whatever, no cars passed me so it was nbd.

After my runs, I usually drink like forty glasses of water and eat a fudge graham protein bar. The things are SO FREAKING GOOD I could eat them at every meal. And by runs I mean running...not the other thing :P