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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:This week: 34.80 Month: 129.20 Year: 677.60
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles: 613.75
Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Lifetime Miles: 189.95
Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Lifetime Miles: 530.45
Kinvara 10 Lifetime Miles: 186.30
Kinvara 10 II Lifetime Miles: 137.80
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles: 99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles: 21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 Lifetime Miles: 631.45
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles: 154.30
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles: 337.95
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 129.10
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe) Lifetime Miles: 263.15
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe II) Lifetime Miles: 250.70
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 226.60
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 193.50
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 59.30
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 35.00
Fri, Oct 10, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.008.000.000.0019.00

AM: Flourtown Temp Loop - 15 miles, averaged 7:15 w/ 8 mile aerobic tempo

4 miles up/3 down

8 mile aerobic tempo in 51:48, averaged 6:28

6:37, 6:39, 6:28, 6:33, 6:27, 6:24, 6:21, 6:18

Narrowly avoided my second German Shepard attack in the last 2 1/2 months. It came across the road at me so I started yelling for help and looking for cover. Ran around a car and thought of jumping on it to get a height advantage (I should have broke every damn window in that car given that it was the owner's). I screamed for a while, and finally some neighbors informed me it was the people's dog in the yard I ran into. I grabbed a fence post but it was rotted. Still a decent poking tool. The owner must have got the dog around back of the house because I no longer saw it but didn't see the owner. I ran my mouth to anyone who would listen for a while. It's probably time to get some sort of defense device.

That pretty much ruined my concentration and I started to run too fast (~mile 2.3-2.5).

PM: Walking Dead-looking school athletic fields - 4 miles, averaged 8:14

 

Loose Dogs Miles: 1.00Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 15.00Kinvara 5 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 171.50
Comments
From Bob on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 13:14:45 from 163.191.36.14

Holy cow! Who needs tempo runs when all your ticker needs is a dog scare. There are different self defense alternatives out there. I carried something for a while when I saw a pit bull just running around.

From Bam on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 13:37:11 from 89.126.28.24

Ah JD, that's class. That's just made my Friday night:)

From Jason D on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 13:39:25 from 68.80.27.222

Since I moved to Philadelphia I've seen some insanely well behaved dogs. My tempo loop is out in the suburbs, and although a nice area, it has yards and people are a bit more lax. What I can never understand is why people with fenced in back yards leave unattended dogs out front.

But, yes, I got the ticker going. Resting heart rate was 39 this morning. Hoping it comes down from 239 earlier today :-)

From Jason D on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 13:45:27 from 68.80.27.222

It wasn't very classy. My mouth wasn't, and I am sure people didn't like me yelling but I think they understood I was pretty frightened.

Any chance you want to move here and pace me on a bike that comes equipped with a stun gun?

From Bam on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 14:02:17 from 89.126.28.24

I'm that blind I'd probably shoot you - so yeah, why not.

From Jake K on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 14:10:55 from 159.212.71.199

I just googled "German Shepherd Puppies" and I'm guessing those aren't exactly the kind you came across.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 15:30:13 from 107.77.80.50

You and the German shepherds are building quite a history! When I lived in the boondocks (OK) all dogs were loose - I started just pausing the garmin and do a little charge at them and yell "NO!" 99% of the time, a domestic dog will back off a bit and just bark. The other 1% of the time, you'll probably just get mauled. The odds are in your favor though.

From Rob on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 17:48:04 from 75.162.170.206

Pepper spray

From Matt Schreiber on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 18:49:24 from 66.87.73.247

The 1st German shepherd that go made at me about made me soil myself. I do think know how you keep surviving these near misses.

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