Today I actually went out to my first leg in Hood to Coast that I will be running (leg #7). The leg is 5.65 miles and rated "Hard" because of hills. It starts out at Sandy Fred Meyers. Because I wanted a little more than 5.65 miles today, I also ran the following leg (#8) which was rated as "Easy" and was about 4.5 miles.
I parked my car a little from the end of leg #8 and had my wife drop me off at the beginning of #7. It was a pretty nice run. It's all country roads, nurseries, and big houses I'll never be able to afford.
Knowing it would be dog territory, I carried some pepper spray. I was right. I came a little close to having to use it on a German Shepherd behind a fence that had a sign on it saying "Beware of Security Dog." What's that you say? "Big deal, he was behind a fence?" Well, as I was going by, the owner was driving away through an automatic gate- this left no fence between me and Mr. Security Dog. Had I kept going or not noticed, it could have been interesting. Instead, I waited for the gate to close again before I went back to running. The dog didn't notice the gate was open because it was further along down the fence. So, I stood there staring at him through the fence while the gate closed. The kicker- he didn't bark. Nor did he wag his tail. Instead, he just stared at me with a sociopathic look that said, "if you come over here, I will eat you."
In the end, I felt fine except my legs were stiff from the pounding on the cement. I did a cold bath when I got home. That should help.
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