Levy Trail 10K

This new Levy Trail 10K standard should stand a bit longer than six days, as the last one did. I walked it this morning in 1:31:20 (3 minutes, 2 seconds faster than last week), with splits of 15:05, 14:58, 14:51, 14:25, 14:54, and 14:19. En route, I was kind of haunted by the fence where the dog tried to hang himself yesterday evening. That's going to endure for a while.
For one thing, I hesitated. I probably spent at least a second or two in place. Maybe longer (I was in a sort of dream-like state. It was truly surreal). Part of my calculus was founded on a fear the dog might bite me. He was big, panicked, and, after all, chained to the ground on the other side of the fence for some reason. As I ran toward him, I did decide that a painful bite might warrant a dash around the house to pound on the front door or try to get into the fenced-in space, but by then, I knew I had no choice but to lift the dog out of immediate danger.
By the way, he was a nice-looking fellow, but filthy. I wore a light-weight white golf shirt, which I noticed was coated across the front in dirt turned to mud by my sweat. When I left, two people from the dog's home helped the policewoman and two policemen, who apparently responded to a call from the first responder, chase down the dog, who got away when the policewoman unhooked his chain. I overheard her attempt to explain to the owners what had happened as I walked toward home. "The dog was hanging by the chain you put on it," she said.

OVERHEARD
"Yes sir. So are you. You make me have to go faster."
—30-year-old slightly overweight man after Pete said, "Man, you're getting after it." He was walking at an impressive pace