Nice easy five today.......Oh......except for the freaking German Shepherd dog.....HOLY CRAP! So we are running our usual route and taking it nice and easy, about a half mile in we come upon a couple of dogs barking at each other through the fence. Obviously the German Shepherd is the one outside the fence. Initially it looks like we will be able to go on by without incident but then he spots us and so we start telling the dog to go home......and it looks like he may just do that.....then he starts to get aggressive, gritting his teeth and standing in his aggresive stance. My wife jumped up on the trunk of a car and now the dog knows he's got us scared and starts moving in for the kill. All the while, a guy in the house with the dog behind the fence is leaving for work so he pulls out in his truck and starts herding the dogs away from us by honking and yelling. Thank goodness for him becuase I think we would have become breakfast. I know one thing is for sure, I will never approach a German Shepherd again......ever. The last thing I need is to get mauled by a dog on a run.
Anyway, the run went okay. Meg is still very bothered by her knee and is already prepared for the fact that she will probably not finish the marathon. I am still a little bothered by a couple of little nagging pains but I think I have a good shot to finish, although probably not with a blazing fast time. We leave for St. George tonight.
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