You will notice dear fellow runners that I was running back and forth in the picture above!
Reason: Darling dober-herd (Merlin) fell into a fast flowing ditch next to the river, it was about 1.25 m deep, but the water, thankfully was only about 60cm, so he was swimming a bit in some places and wading in others...
Unfortunately he has rather weak back legs and is 20kg overweight (like his Mum)...and was finding getting his waterlogged fur coat out rather tricky! (even when I attached a lead and tried to help him).
I put planks into the ditch for him to climb on, but no, he went the other way... then my doberman decided to help!... she jumped in too! (NOOOOooooo) probably to show him how 'easy' it is to get out... it wasn't as easy as she thought, although she managed within a few minutes, being younger and at a peak of fitness (bitch!)
So, do I take my Nike's off and jump in (brrrr) or do I call my husband to help.... er no I don't think so! - Eventually Merlin went to a part where he could work his way out over some debris, but was very stressed... so I carried on with my run to dry them out and that did in fact calm them down as well.
UNFORTUNATELY - I wasn't able to pause my Garmin during this time of chaos - and it did a disaster for my splits... nearly 20 mins/ km is alot even for me! Otherwise I think I would have improved my 4.5km best time.... grrrr AND I was hoping for a 5km run that evening. Never mind.
PB