Eye of the Tiger

Today was officially the first run of spring, after a winter spent cheating on running with capoeira, and hot damn did I have fun. My route took me to the canal via the Experimental Farm, where I ran through various disgusting melting snowdrifts. It was prime dog-walking time, so I greeted a variety of our canine friends. Running dogs! Sauntering dogs! Hyper dogs! Fetching dogs and strolling dogs! Big and small! Hairy and sleek! Everywhere dogs! It was very exciting. I was probably really slow, but I had a great time and managed to push myself a little for the last 2km without running out of juice.

One note, though: if you are running, you probably want to avoid having your music player shuffle to Simon and Garfunkel's Patterns: "Like a rat in a maze, the path before me lies/And the pattern never alters until the rat dies". Eerie!