Whilst on my jog I encountered many people walking their dogs, which is fair enough because I was jogging around the bit of Burnham that is mostly used for dog walking. I just have one question, who in their right mind just let's their dog, that's off the leash, run up to someone whilst jogging, without even attempting to get the dog to come back to you? I mean, I don't really like dogs, I was scared of them throughout my entire childhood and am still not very happy about them being around now. I don't mind it if they are slightly friendly and quiet, but when this collie thing came bloody charging up towards me, barking its head off, I thought "oh great, I've only worn these trainers and track suit bottoms once and this is the outfit I am going to die in."
My youngest sister is severely autistic and if we go walking with her and there's a dog, she freezes, or will almost scratch you to bits trying to cling onto you for dear life. And so many times I've heard my mum berating people for letting their dogs off of the lead. I just don't see why you have to when other people are about - or other dogs - aren't you worried your dogs going to be mauled by a chav's mastiff or something?
Hmmm...
Anyway, back to my topic of jogging aha, it was alright, I alternated between jogging and power walking using streetlights as my guide and this helped me keep quite a good steady pace. I forgot my bottle of water though (ROOKIE MISTAKE KLAXON) so I had to deal with a mouth drier than Ghandi's flip flop for the majority of the jog :(
Tomorrow I think I will set out earlier, water bottle most definitely in hand, and see where I can add that .66 of a mile.
Well, that's the ice broken I suppose.
Jogs to date: 1
Miles jogged: 2.44
Mad collies, that think I'm a sheep, encountered: 1
Good luck with the weight shifting.
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