Thursday, May 1, 2008

time for a new running route?

so i'm still trying to find a good running route, too bad my choices are running on the sidewalk in the busy city or running down little streets full of stray dogs.
this morning i went running with my two little, hairy canines, kona and granite. as we went running past this "fenced in" yard, i noticed that part of the fence was not complete just as, not one, not two, but 5 huge rottweilers came tearing out under the fence and immediately surrounded my little running team. Lucky me, was stuck in the middle of the mass of snarling dogs, getting tangled up in leashes. the rottweilers kept cirlcling around us, and jumping at kona, a gnarly fight was about to erupt. i was struggling to maintain control of the situation, as you can imagine. i had pulled kona and granite in really close and set about yelling as harshly as i could while spinning 360's. the spinning method was a brilliant way to get as many kicks out as possible. as i spun around i would front kick with my right leg and then follow that with an immediate back kick with my left. it worked pretty well, kona and granite were shorter so i could kick over their heads and kick the rottweilers in the face as they lunged for us. the tension and was beginning to peak, and i was fresh out of options, when finally the owner of the dogs came running over and called/ pulled his dogs off. he gave his sincerest apologies, and my frazzled running team continued on our way. i could feel my adrenaline surging. amazingly enough, we were unscathed, kona just had dog slobber on her.
i think ive about run outta luck. needless to say, we found another route home.