Very easy 14km part 2

Mid-run swim

Very easy 14km part 1

Osteo treatment

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After dealing with a very angry and self-absorbed man on the beach.  

Basically a couple was just innocently walking along with their dog. His dog then lunges at their dog and makes their dog yelp while he is not even fussed enough to get off his phone. When questioned by the couple he just says deal with it, it's a dog beach. If your dog can't deal with other dogs it shouldn't be here.

When I heard this I'd had enough. Went straight up to him and told him to get off his phone and take responsibility for his dog. I wasn't going to let him just get away with this sort of thing without someone challenging him. He was clearly not accustomed to being challenged, and used to getting his own way all the time because he got incredibly angry and started swearing madly and threatening to assault us physically. He kept telling me and the others to walk away or he'd attack us. I just kept telling him to walk away. Why should we have to.

He got very close to lashing out physically. Hinted to an on-looker afterwards to report him to the police if possible. Hopefully they did. That sort of behaviour simply isn't anywhere near acceptable. 

All the while his son was looking on in embarrasment. It was only him who convinced him to walk away in the end, and just repeatedly told him to stop it, even at just 12-13 years old. Just feel sorry for his family. If he is lashing out like this over this sort of situation I dread to think what is going on at home. People like this are not fit to be parents and this sort of behaviour should not be passed down to the next generation. 

Just can't help it when I see something which is so clearly wrong. Can't just leave it. It will probably get me in trouble one day.

Anyway, an unintended effect of this was the adrenaline from the situation meant that the second half of the run felt pretty much soreness free and smooth.


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