Bad Dog

I should have left Pippi at home this morning. I spent the first k coaxing him to come, even putting him on the lead after I caught him running back home. The first k was an ugly 8.33 as a result (I usually walk for about 2 mins at the start - it sounds worse than it is).

I then decided to do a ladder/fartlek type thing and was making up the time pretty well. around the 4k mark Pippi stopped dead right in front of me (to bite at a march fly) and I stumbled, staggered and finally crashed and skidded onto the ground.

Luckily I run on a dirt road or it could have been worse. A scraped finger and a grazed and slighlty bruised feeling knee. I managed to get going again after calling Pippi a few names and made it home in 45.23 (7ks). I guess the time was okay allowing for the first k and the drama!

The question is: why do I bother running with a dog that would rather stay at home?