Getting chased by animals on your run....

I've had Black bears run across the road infront of me..... Yeah .....watch me pedal Bear..............

whoa, whoa, whoa.

if i saw a spider of that size, i might pass out on a run.

in china, i'll just come across the random person walking their dog without a leash. the big dogs are not an issue... the small, mean, afraid-of-everything ones are. they'll chase me or snap at my ankles >.< it definitely pushes me to run faster, and a few incidents have worked in some plyo as well; if the dog barks suddenly, i'll literally jump two feet in the air!

I got chased by biting horse flies on my last 15 mile bike ride a few months ago. I made it through my ride in record time.

I bet you did. We got repeatedly attacked my one of those buggers when we were fishing one time. He kept at us until we finally killed him. Took whole bites out of our legs!

They fly at least 10 mph. I was going about 15 with blood going down my legs from the *kitten*. They are evil spawns of satan.

I live out in the country, we see them all the time, never ever would I get close enough to take a picture though! Luckily I have a gorgeous black lab that belongs to the neighbor that likes to run with me, she chases away anything and everything that might freak me out!