LOST AND FOUND DOG This morning I had no idea what kind of run to expect. I was just going to do 9 and see what happened. I got moving but was slow at first. Something in my left hip was bothering me slightly, it felt like it might loosen up. Less than a half mile from home a dog came running after me. I wasn't sure at first if it was a friendly dog or not. I told him to go away. He stopped at first, but when I started to run he ran after me. He was a cute brown mixed breed dog around 30-40 pounds, similar to my brown dogs. I then ran after him and he seemed to be leading me. We started going around the neighborhood loop with him in the lead. People were looking at me like I was a bad dog owner taking his dog out for a run with no leash. I caught up to the dog to check for an address on his dog tag. He lay down on his back while I checked. No address, just the rabies vaccination information. I thought I would go with the dog around the loop until we got back to my house so I could call the dog's vet. The dog started slowing down and I thought maybe we should go the short way back, maybe this was an older dog and he was getting tired? Finally the dog turned down a side street. I saw a man get out of his car in the driveway with an exasperated but relieved look on his face, his dog had come home now. So, this was good for an interesting one mile warm up at an 11:30 pace. I got back to my normal route, heading down the old road towards Thousand Oaks and then into Trinity Oaks, looping through there and heading back. The rest of my run went pretty well, I didn't go too fast and did not try to make up lost time. My hip was ok, I'll just keep an eye on it and maybe not do the planned tempo run tomorrow. Average pace: 8:37
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