Last year I shared Running With a Dog That Pulls and included a ton of other running tips I've picked up along this slowwwww journey of ours.This weekend, I'll run my longest distance yet--a 10k--with sights set toward a half marathon in the fall. That, btw, is my uppermost … [Read more...]
Running with a dog that pulls… and everything else you want to know about running with dogs
I want to start with a disclaimer, lest anyone think I'm some super-serious runner: This morning, I ran for just shy of three miles without walking. That's the longest I've ever run without walking at some point in the middle. My goal is to run a 5k this Sunday without walking … [Read more...]
Healthy Dog, Healthy(ish) Me: Have I Mentioned I HATE Running? (Alternate title: Will Run for Tacos)
Here's what I've discovered about exercise: It is really, really hard to get in shape, but it is really, really easy to fall out of shape.Unfair.Seriously, though, it took me and Cooper (well, me... Cooper's fine...) two times through the C25K training app before we (I) … [Read more...]
Healthy dog, healthy you… and the converse is true, too!
I'm granting myself some leniency here because it's been a helluva couple months. However.{{This post brought to you by Cooper getting up and peeing in the living room at 4 AM! If that hadn't happened, I'd still be languishing lazily in my bed, you know, sleeping instead of … [Read more...]
Lean, mean running Bean
For all his flaws quirks, and despite his litany of fears, there is one thing that focuses Cooper, gives him confidence, and lets him blow off all that pent-up drive:Running.Cooper loves to run.He would run until he dropped, sleep it off, then get up and run some more … [Read more...]