I felt compelled to tell you about my morning run. It's no secret that I get up before the sun rises to fit in anywhere between a 3-8 mile run before work (depending on my exhaustion and feasibility). This morning was no different. My alarm went off at 5:20 and by 5:40 I was heading out the door for an easy 4 miler. I planned on taking it easy since I ran both Saturday and Sunday and have developed a new tightness/pain in left leg.
When I run this early I usually run the same route 2-3 days out of the week and just extend the mileage depending on what I'm running. It's a pretty safe run and I feel comfortable with the passing cars, runners, and walkers even in the dark. As I rounded the first mile, I headed up the Trinity Ave. hill which is slow. gradual incline (the worst kind in my opinion). I stopped for traffic and all of a sudden out of nowhere, something hit me in the back of my head. Honestly, it felt like a rock. I scanned the neighborhood I was running in looking for signs of people wondering if someone threw something at me. And there was nothing.
I crossed the street and kept on running. And then out of nowhere, again it hit me in the back of the head. This time I caught a pretty glimpse of the culprit, but not after screaming bloody murder first. It was...an OWL!!! Attacking my ponytail from behind! It scared the living crap out of me. After I spotted him, he was perched on telephone wires above. Just waiting for me to move. He started flying towards me again, and this time I screamed, scaring him. Not to mention the biker who rode past me.
I just stood still for a few minutes. I didn't know what to do. Finally the owl flew in the other direction, but that was enough for me to cut my run short. I headed back to the house and ran a short loop once I got there, getting in a little over 3 miles. Hopefully, the owl is gone when I run again on Wednesday...
Hey, at least it wasn't a bat right?
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