alas my last run ,hoping to be 8 miles or so turned into just 0.45. on 23rd april on big bouncy black vicious labrador decided my legs shouldnt run anymore that day .
The said big dog took exception of my lycra clad legs and proceeded to bite and hold on. 14 puncture wounds later albeit probably 5 to 10 seconds the said dog was pulled away . On first inspection the wound seemed ok , but alas there were more wounds somewhat deeper , , hey i could see my bone .
It was a nice night , seen first swallow of the season and things were looking good .
Anyway i must thank Karen for taking charge of my quick departure to A@E and immmediate first aid . Tricia had to endure the long wait at hospital.
3 hours wait later i was bandaged and sent a packing . A pretty horrible night of pain followed but now all seems better and hoping to run tomorrow albeit prob only 10km .
Lessons to be learned , dont trust dogs , especially ones that have bitten me before. Lesson for person in charge .... dont trust dogs and please please make sure the dog knows its done wrong by at least beating it up a little rather than let it toodle back home with the taste of fresh marrow bone and blood in its mouth.#
was this traumatic .... yes ... to me ...karen and tricia as for the dog well i have my doughts whether it should be allowed to rome loose
Friday, 25 April 2008
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
run rabbit run
ok its not a rabbit thats running , its me , what seemed an impossible dream a year ago now seems plausable..... a marathon,
recently runs have been getting longer , the tom scott ten mile race seems to ahve been the key to running futher. A race me and my running prtner karen completed 2 weeks ago in 1 hour 25 mins , ok we werent the quickest , far from it the quickest was 50 mins a time when we were at 6 miles . Anyway last weekend i did my first 13 miles albeit with a little fall and dare i say it severe nipple pain .... new to me but hey it was a good run done in 2hrs 20 mins , the next challange will be 16 miles this saturday , maybe to lanark and back , aparently we should be running up to 40 miles per week, as business is busy at this time id settle for anything above 20 but 30 would be idea , leaving the 40 odd miles to summer , but then we avent run in real heat as of yet the weather has been cool so running has been relatively stress or sweat free.
now im getting the urge to enter yet more races 10km offers the chance to bring our overall time down and with the added bonus that they are well supported and friendly races, its not the time its more the taking part , but its always nice to get a pb .
Soon my dreaded lycra will be gone to be replaced by shorts , my white legs bared to the world , having said that im quiet attached to lycra, ok my legs are thin but do i care , no matter how much squats and weights ive used in the past theyve always been thin, another side effect of running is weight seems to be falling , no bad thing id guess , althought now lost 12kgs i think its about time i didnt loose any more . the combination of work, cooking and running seems to be the best diet plan around, i must add overall appitite has deminished as well, still i love chocolate and the sugar rush hasnt changed.
Do overall do i feel better , of course , i sleep better and the running gives escape from the stresses of business and a sense of achievement. I must add its cheap and run here there is a wonderful array of paths and roads to run , each offering something new to see at a lesser pace than cars. So heres looking forward to my first marathon and hoping we can do it in a reasonable time... i can suddenly see the addiction to this sport ..... its fun ....life is fun on the run
recently runs have been getting longer , the tom scott ten mile race seems to ahve been the key to running futher. A race me and my running prtner karen completed 2 weeks ago in 1 hour 25 mins , ok we werent the quickest , far from it the quickest was 50 mins a time when we were at 6 miles . Anyway last weekend i did my first 13 miles albeit with a little fall and dare i say it severe nipple pain .... new to me but hey it was a good run done in 2hrs 20 mins , the next challange will be 16 miles this saturday , maybe to lanark and back , aparently we should be running up to 40 miles per week, as business is busy at this time id settle for anything above 20 but 30 would be idea , leaving the 40 odd miles to summer , but then we avent run in real heat as of yet the weather has been cool so running has been relatively stress or sweat free.
now im getting the urge to enter yet more races 10km offers the chance to bring our overall time down and with the added bonus that they are well supported and friendly races, its not the time its more the taking part , but its always nice to get a pb .
Soon my dreaded lycra will be gone to be replaced by shorts , my white legs bared to the world , having said that im quiet attached to lycra, ok my legs are thin but do i care , no matter how much squats and weights ive used in the past theyve always been thin, another side effect of running is weight seems to be falling , no bad thing id guess , althought now lost 12kgs i think its about time i didnt loose any more . the combination of work, cooking and running seems to be the best diet plan around, i must add overall appitite has deminished as well, still i love chocolate and the sugar rush hasnt changed.
Do overall do i feel better , of course , i sleep better and the running gives escape from the stresses of business and a sense of achievement. I must add its cheap and run here there is a wonderful array of paths and roads to run , each offering something new to see at a lesser pace than cars. So heres looking forward to my first marathon and hoping we can do it in a reasonable time... i can suddenly see the addiction to this sport ..... its fun ....life is fun on the run
Monday, 7 April 2008
death by text
Its a few weeks ago now since a text arrived from my sister saying Holly has passed away. Ok Holly was one of our dogs when i was at "Trotterbank". Chips sister in fact, the very dog my wife saved from an early doomed swimming career.
Yet suddenly its passing resulted in a simple text. At first i thought how insensitive of my sister. I tried telling Tricia about Holly and suddenly found i couldnt speak, ...................one of them "Lassie" film moments when something gets in your eyes.
I now understand why the news was passed on this way ,.......... its easy , easy to block out the emotion that we hate to share .
Anyway i sit here watching "cookie" and "crumble" our newest dogs begin there life, hopefully filled with what can only be described as "a dogs life"
Yet suddenly its passing resulted in a simple text. At first i thought how insensitive of my sister. I tried telling Tricia about Holly and suddenly found i couldnt speak, ...................one of them "Lassie" film moments when something gets in your eyes.
I now understand why the news was passed on this way ,.......... its easy , easy to block out the emotion that we hate to share .
Anyway i sit here watching "cookie" and "crumble" our newest dogs begin there life, hopefully filled with what can only be described as "a dogs life"
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