Running buddy

A few days ago I was doing a short training session in the Goodenough garden around 10pm. It was dark, it was cold and my left foot was not behaving properly. My ipod was so loud that I could not hear myself breathing. After about five laps, my eyes adjusted to the dark. After the tenth lap my body started to function well and I was getting in the running mood.

I turned around to do a bit of backward running (this is the result of reading all those training blogs!). That's when I saw it and I froze! It had big, sparkling eyes and it was staring at me, watching my every move. I stared back for a few seconds, took off my headphones and waited. It was a bit awkward...for both of us.

The fox was rather impatient and started to run around me in circles, almost saying: 'C'mon lazy! Let's have some fun!'. I did half of lap backwards, but I was too slow for her. She started to run on her own, speeding up, going back and forth with no regards for the running track. I reversed to forward running and tried to keep up with her. Impossible! She was too fit and was enjoying it too much! Three more laps and I ran out of breath! She ran out of patience! I really need to do some serious training!!!