This morning I went out with my dog Roxie for a short run. The mileage for today was 3 miles. We did 1.79 and our pace was horrid! Training Roxie to run with me is going to take a little more work than I realized. My under armour cold gear top & running jacket kept my top half plenty warm. However, my Nike bottoms did not keep my bottom half warm enough. My legs were freezing! It was a cold, drizzly 42 this morning at 9:30. I'm going to have to do something about those frozen legs...
I've also decided I'm not real fond of my Nike Free's. There is not near enough ankle support. I've gotten along really well with my Kswiss tubes and I recently bought another pair on clearance, but I've been trying to keep them nice & clean and for the inside of the gym only... I may need to use them for running. Although, I'd love to get this pair: Kswiss They are the same as the pair I wore for nearly a year - only a different color. I'm so done with PINK! FYI: To makers of workout clothing and shoes not ALL women want PINK! And as much as I LOVE yellow - it gets really dirty, really fast.
I'm trying to decide if I should purchase a harness style collar for Roxie or not. She is not the most social of dogs - gets her feathers ruffled to easy - so she runs with a chin strap attached to her neck collar that way if I pull it she stops. However, while running she kept pawing at it as if it were bugging her and making her really uncomfortable. My only fear with the harness is, would I have as much control of her or would she simply drag me along?
Other than pawing at her face the only other issue we had was her being a chicken. We ran the bridal path (well a piece of it) and another dog was off the lead and running in the trees. Every time she heard him she'd startle and turn to look. I also did not want to run her past him as he was free to run up and check her out while she was not and that makes her very anxious & me too! She feels threatened or something and gets all upset & I just pray that I'm not caught in the middle of a dog fight.
I believe I would have better luck training her along the road without other dogs for a while. However, it was mentioned that perhaps if I bought her a muzzle and allowed her off the lead around the other dogs on the path until she became accustomed to it that perhaps it would help...something to consider. Right now, I'm open to all ideas/feedback on running with a dog. Roxie really needs the exercise & I know it would be good for her.
Thankfully, Roxie only tripped me once. I think she can do this, I'm almost positive of it...therefore, I shall not give up.
This is me before the run & Roxie after. She got all comfy for a minute and then was like, "No...I still want to play catch." Gonna have to up her mileage! :)
As I think I mentioned yesterday, I am using the Hal Higdon training app and today the other difficulty was getting it to work. Apparently...I had it locked & so I was unable to use it and used my Run Keeper instead. I've since fixed the problem & will hope for better tomorrow.
Other news to update you on: I got my certification as a Group X instructor!!! 99/100. I will be traveling to London soon for a weekend workshop & level 1 Cross Fit certification. I'm making this happen! Learning to become a Leader vs a Follower. :)
....and lastly, when I started working out my first goal was to surprise my husband, then it became all about me - what I was capable of, how far I could go, could I do this, could I do that...and then it became about a Christmas photo. Yep, a Christmas photo. Every year at David's squadron Christmas party we get our photo taken, excluding 2011 when he was deployed. I've disliked, strongly, each one. Why? Because I was unhappy with myself & my weight. I wanted to change all that and I wanted the picture to prove it. After a year + of hard work I'm happy to report it was a SUCCESS!
To all of you that have already seen this - THANK YOU for your wonderful and gracious comments!This year, a dress & bare shoulders. Next year...I might show a little leg! :) It sure feels good to be 25 lbs lighter! Now if I could shake that last 10 lbs off and lean up a bit - I think I'd be pretty darn happy. Actually, I'm pretty happy right now! I've no desire to lose any muscle I've built up, but I wouldn't mind losing a bit more body fat.
Oh and ONE more thing:
...are you game??? Just cause it's December doesn't mean you can stop! :)
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