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April 17, 2005
Who Let the Dogs Out?
Once again, I used today to run at the park. It's starting to become a routine for Sunday morning. With the higher mileage it does feel pretty good to get off the roads one day a week. Today was much more pleasant because the weather has been dry for over a week, so the grass has dried out a great deal. No more running in mud that is ankle deep! One of the rules at the park is that all dogs must be on leashes. Well, all of the dogs that I saw were on leashes, but I did see some interesting folks. I saw one woman walking/running with five dogs! She had this belt-like contraption around her waist that all five dogs were attached to. I also saw two women walking together with two dogs each. They were on leashes, but one of these dogs decided to try to attack anyhow.
Considering yesterday's long run, I felt really good. I did the course that I have been doing for the past few weekends. I am fairly confident that it is at least 7 miles and takes about 55 minutes, so I didn't even wear my watch this morning. I felt like I could have run about 5 more miles, but I was smart since this is the main easy day of the week. I did finish up with 6 striders. I did not bring my racing flats to the park to do striders today, I just did them in my training shoes.
I got home and washed my car. I try to avoid doing this chore. I don't really mind doing it, but my dad does a much better job than I do. My excuse is that I just do not have enough hand strength to really get the dirt off. Of course, he countered with that I am probably the strongest woman he knows. Mom and I decided to gang up on him when he said that because she was standing right there when he said it. He tried to get out of it quickly, but he did not say one of the strongest, he definitely said the strongest.
I definitely have a Vera Bradley addiction. Yesterday we ordered a bag for my birthday and picked up a piece in the pattern of my luggage which is being retired in June. I walked back to the store today since the sale was still going on and bought myself another bag. Hey, I'm not getting the one we ordered until my birthday. It is very warm out today and I ended up being pretty hot on my walk. My hamstrings are feeling on the tight side now, so I'll have to stretch tonight.
I made a trip to Border's as well. Last week one of the guys who I run with said that the cover athlete on one of the magazines he gets looked just like me. I went last weekend, but the May issue was not in yet and there was some guy on the cover of the April issue. I was hoping that was not who he thought I looked like! Anyhow, today the May issue was in and there is definitely a resemblance.
I'm looking forward to my day off from work tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm going to head over to my ex's house to watch Boston or if I'm going to "watch" online. Good luck to all running in Boston, those who blog here and those who I know who are participating as well.
Posted by Blondie at April 17, 2005 06:05 PM