I walked Pam's Path this morning in 1:03:26, with splits of 15:55, 15:54, 16:11, and 15:27.
I was on the Levy Trail late this afternoon, a little over two minutes from my house when I saw a big dog hanging on a heavy chain over a solid seven-foot fence with his hind feet two feet off the ground. He had apparently jumped over the fence from his backyard. I was about seventy-five yards away, and before me was a seventy-pound tan dog spinning in circles in an impossible struggle to climb back over the fence and breathe. Believe it or not, I found I can still run pretty fast. I kind of sprinted across a ditch, a street, and part of the dog's yard and lifted him high enough that he was no longer choking. Even in my arms, the poor thing was so panicked he couldn't relax enough for me to free him from the chain. I needed help and turned to look for traffic on 42nd Street. Two cars drove by without stopping before a policewoman in a North Little Rock SUV saw me wave at her with the dog clinched in my left arm. I have never felt more relieved. She hustled over and unhooked the chain.
I walked Levy Trail South in 31:56 and am a bit embarrassed to report that as I ran to grab the dog, I thought to stop my watch.
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