Day 35: Call off the Dogs

Date: April 6th 2011, 6:00 pm
Distance: 6.7 miles
Weather: Excellent

With the fam in town for Spring Break, I got to go on a run with both Jeff and Steven. With 6.5 miles on the schedule, we headed north towards the Provo City Cemetery.

Everything started well. As we got on Timpview, I briefly mentioned to Steven that this was the road I was running on last time I was chased by a dog. Just a couple blocks later, another dog came out and started running behind us. It was kind of funny... except for the fact that it didn't stop. After a couple of blocks, I suggested that we split up and see who the dog chases (a nice way of determining who has the most interesting odor). We didn't do it though and the dog continued to chase us as we ran by Timpview High School.

It reminded me of that scene in "The Sandlot" where the dog was chasing Benny Rodriguez through the neighborhood, the theater, the memorial day celebration, and other places. Of, course this dog was a lot smaller than the one in the Sandlot (After some research, I discovered that "Hercules" from the Sandlot, was an English Mastiff, a breed that holds the world record weight for a dog--343 lbs).

The dog followed us for 3/4 of a mile before finally stopping to stiff something on the corner of 3950 N. We were pretty glad when that happened.

The hill up to the cemetery was pretty tough but the view from the top was good. They've got an American flag flying from a huge pole on the top of the hill and it makes a pretty good sight. We saw a dog running around up there too but this one ran away when it saw us. Thank goodness.

The whole trip back, we were hoping that we wouldn't run into that dang dog again. It seemed like there were a lot more dogs than usual out--most of them behind fences or going on walks with their owners. One poor girl was going on a run with her dog and she tripped and fell pretty good. Ouch.

Just before Timpview ends, near the end of the run, I always see this yard that looks like one of those fields of grapes from SimFarm. I know, that game was kind of a bust... but I spent some quality time playing it and learning about crop storage and the delicate balance of supply and demand. Anyways, I pulled up a google image of the grape fields for your viewing pleasure.

Ok, well It looks a little more similar from the ground.