Yappy dog

I was due to do 12km for an hours run this morning, but besides the fact that that is utterly impossible for me (race pace) I decided that a nice slow 7km would do fine to churn the legs over and allow me to do a lot of stretching. ready for tomorrows run. Originally when I entered the Bulls Head Challenge I was just going to treat it as a training run as I had 29km on my program for 3hrs. But, now I'm starting to think that I wouldnt mind trying to set a good time. I suppose I can always compromise in the middle and just run as quick as I can while still feeling comfortable at a conversational pace, after all its my first proper trail run and I dont know what to expect (besides a creek at the end).

Just on my run this morning, I set off for the coastal path walk around my place and there is a loop you can do which is 2.5km. I took my new Keyano's out for a trial with the orthodics as I have been wearing them around work the last few days and they have felt OK. But after 2km they started to really hurt my feet again. I ended up walking the rest home to change into my Trail Adrenalins as I havent decided whether I'm going to wear these tomorrow or my normal adrenaline's. They felt so much better on my feet. The only problem is I dont have a full on blister but the orthodics have rubbed a bit on my arch, so it wasnt a very smart idea to give them another whirl the day before a race.

I also had a run in with a lady on my run this morning, well, my version of a run in (which is pretty pathetic). I all of a sudden had this little yappy dog running at me and barking and it was being really aggressive and I thought, oh its only a little dog, but then the bloody thing bit me !! It wasnt that hard or anything to leave a lasting mark but the teeth made contact with my leg and I felt it. I told the lady that if she knows her dog bites she should have it on a lead. Now, I absolutely love dogs, I adore my little beagle and I think they should be allowed to run around and play. But if someone knows their dog gets aggressive they should have it on a leash. Although I didnt do it this time, my natural reaction if a dog was biting me would be to kick it to protect myself and then I would have been absolutely devastated if I knew I'd kicked a dog even if it was biting me and I dont think its fair for an owner to put me in that sort of position. The lady said to me "oh she must have got frightened", no shit...so was I !!

Oh well, I've booked accommodation for Sean, Cindy and Myself at the Embassy Hotel where Seb (Bandanna) and some others are staying. I can tell its going to be the same as when I stayed at Rydges for the Canberra Marathon and you hear all these alarms going off in sync at 5.30am on a Sunday morning.....could only be runners. Looking forward to tomorrow but nervous. Sadly, I will miss out on the pasta night on Saturday night but we are going to an Athletics meet this afternoon at Illawong first so I will get to cheer some of the afternoon squad on and we will probably have dinner somewhere around Bowral or Goulburn. Well, its off to pack for me now, I just need to make my list of things I will need...