Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't

Much warmer out than it looked.  I'm thinking I need to start getting out earlier soon.  My legs were a little tired from Saturday's run.  I finally started to enjoy the run at about 4.5 miles. 

Did just over four this morning with Tom.  So glad I'm not out doing it right  now!  Yucky wind!

The snow falling outside made it hard to make the right decision today.  Tom called me from work and gave me a little motivation.  I like running in snow better than wind so I thought I'd better get out, since the wind will proabably kick in later.

I was trying to do the middle 5 miles at 8:15-8:45 pace.  The first two were up hill and I didn't hit it, but the last three were 8:11-8:15s.   

I came upon a dead skunk in my path.  Gave me a little start there!  He looked like he was just rolled up nicely for a little nap in the middle of the road.  Unfortunately for him but fortunately for me, I beleive it is an eternal sleep that he is in.

Thursday is one of 2 rest days for me and today I went in and ran with Tom.  We had a nice and gentle 4 miles in cloud/wind/sun.  Nice conversation and company.  : )

Tom and I met up with a fairly large SF crowd today.  It was nice to see that everyone is dedicated runners even though we all listened to the howling wind all night long.  Not bad when we went out though.  It did do some rain/sleet pellets for awhile that I thought might leave a pock mark or two on the face. 

I did my 10.25 with a variety of people.  The last mile I was with a group of about 6 when we all pulled to one side to let a car go past.  I was at the back of the pack when a medium sized black dog came up behind me and bit at my ankle.  I did not hear him or see him until he was growling and biting at my foot.  I let out a yelp that not only scared the dog away, but as Dan said, "cleared the cholestorol right out of his body!"  I am grateful that the dog didn't get a hold of me!  I've never had a dog do that quite like that before and I hope to never have it again!  The moral of this story....don't be the antelope at the back of the pack!