Morning!  I slept in because I'm working from home today.  Still, I feel so tired.  Maybe I slept too much?

I have a scheduled 10 miler tonight, but we'll see how I feel.  I am so blah this week I wonder where is my mojo.

OMG you guys are hard core.  

josh - swallow your pride and go get a pedicure.  I will make a deal with you.  You go, I go.  This is more frightening than graston to me.  But dide, if you are peeling your feet, you are better off getting the pedicure.

13 miles for me tonight with 7 at GMP.

There is a rule here.  If you get a pedicure, you must provide pictures to prove it.

Now I have a migraine, sigh.

Dog story, in light of the discussion a couple of weeks ago.  I was at the tail end (pun intended) of a 5.5 miler this morning.  Turned onto my block, which is about 3 car lengths wide.  I was near one curb and a man with two medium-large collie mixes (the lassie types) was on the other.  The dogs were on leads.  The man was facing away from the street.  For no reason, one of the dogs launches at me, barking.  Takes about second before he's tangled in my legs and trying to bite my leg.  I swerve away and the man pulls the dog back.  I have a tooth-shaped hole in my pants and felt the teeth on my leg.

I said, in a none-too-pleased tone of voice, "Keep your dogs under control."
Response: "I didn't see you coming."

"Well, you need to pay attention when when you're out with your dogs."

"He didn't bite you."

"He got tangled in my legs and bit at my pants."

"But he didn't bite you."

(By the way, this is the G-rated version of an R-rated, um, "discussion.")

Several take-aways here:

1.  Just because your dog is on a lead doesn't mean he's under control.  These dogs clearly were not.

2. Just because your dog is not a known aggressive breed doesn't mean that you don't need to be vigilant, especially if its a large dog that can do some damage.  These were very pretty and peaceful looking animals but a half inch difference and I'd be in the urgent care right now getting a tetanus shot.

3. This is the most important lesson:  If your dog attacks someone (and this was an attack), OWN IT!  Don't make excuses like, "I didn't know you were there" or "He didn't bite you."  The fact was, I was there whether he knew it or not and the fact that the dog didn't bite me was just by luck as much as anything else.  The dog was absolutely trying to bite me!

I'll get off my soapbox now.

By the way, 8 x 40 sec @ 1k-3k pace on hills with 30 sec. recoveries.  Rough stuff.  Followed by some ruff stuff!  HAHA! 

Bago - did you get the owners name or some type of ID? Did you report it? The next time he's 'not paying attention' it could be a child that runs by and isn't so lucky! I would also have asked for reimbursement for the ripped pants!

Josh - do you immediately remove your socks and shoes after running or work or anything? If you aren't airing them out properly the trapped moisture and stuff can lead to jungle rot. I had it when I was in boot camp and it led to peeling feet like you are describing. The only thing that helped was wearing sandals or going barefoot as much as possible.

On that note, one of my friends posted that he is upset that the pentagon is allowing some women into combat to assess their abilities. The arguments that arose against women in combat in this 'discussion' disgusted me. Women get yeast infections if they don't 'clean their naughty bits' (yes, exact words), women distract the men, women can be raped by said distracted men, etc. Are there really that many pig-headed jerkoffs left in modern society?! As an ex-marine I am apalled and sickened and ready to show these assholes my sharp shooter skills.

Thankfully I have an hour run on the schedule today to clear my head. Bet I could outrun all the jerks on that thread and probably outscore them on a military PT test too.

Bago -  The gentleman in question would have been saying different things because I guarantee you I would have kicked the (*&* out of that dog.  I had to chase three of them sunday and fortunately a couple handfulls of rocks discouraged them.  I am not proud to say it but do to my location and the way things are I have had to eliminate more than a few dogs.  I dont feel good about it, but I will do it without question if it is the interest of myself or my family.

Hey all,

Got in 5 tempo @ 8:12, 9 mi. total. Today's tempo went much better than Sat. Even though the overall pace is almost the same, today's run was much more consistent and under control. Speed workouts suck--I hate to do them. But I find Tempo workouts to be tougher on the body and harder to recover from. Anyone else feels this way?

Ami, condolences.

Mdawg, awesome that the leg is coming around!!!

Pux, glad you weren't seriously injured. Did you show the owner the hole in your pants?