Janathon Day 11 – dog mess

Hooray, just twenty days to go.

Back to work today and my first full day in the office in almost a month. I’m off to Ireland next week and I realised that I only have five and a half working days left where I am. Then it’s time to try surviving as a full time educational consultant. Exciting, but scary!

I took myself off for a run when I arrived home from work. It was a lovely evening for it and I spotted three other runners as I ran along the streets of Hither Green (not Lewisham). The only unpleasant experience was an owner letting a dog making a mess on the pavement. We have a bit of a problem with that here at the moment and it’s disgusting. I did think about saying something but the dog was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Now, I have a rather soft spot for the Staffordshire Bull and it does not deserve the reputation it has; they are lovely, friendly dogs and I quite happily would have stolen the one in the pub last week if Jimmy had let me. However, this one was on a chain and the owner was wearing a hoodie, so I decided better of it. I know it’s wrong to judge a book by it’s cover and all that, but having had a nasty experience with an assault last year, I decided to leave it.

Anyway, another 2 miles in the Janathon bank today. It wasn’t particularly fast, but it was comfortable and I wish I’d carried on for another mile now. Never mind. 2 miles, 18.19.

On the eleventh day of Janathon, my true love said to me
Look, a scary looking dog
Runner, blow your nose
Crazy running peep
Run off your roast spuds
Eat some roast potatoes
6 balls a-striking
Wrap up warm
Cool sensor gloves
It’s windy
Lamp the old man
And run and I’ll buy you pastry!