Day 62- Day Off

Today was very hectic. School starts next week so I literally had no time for anything. I did nothing in terms of walk/running other than the norm. Hopefully I can make up for it tomorrow.

Until then.

Ms. P.

Day 61

Well folks, there was no rain or locusts (see Day 60) so I made it to the track with no problems. BabyGenius got up with me to take care of the puppies and I was able to get to the track on time.

This morning I got up at 7 am. I know you’re thinking what happened to the six am wake ups. I don’t know. Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is six am rolls around and I don’t see it too much anymore.  Anyway, I got up at seven and got myself together and headed straight to the track.

Today, I ran/walked 3.38 miles (yes R.S., another 5k) and I wasn’t tired at all when I was done. I ran for at least half of the 3.38 miles. My time was pretty much the same as it was the last time I ran/walked the 5k and I was good with that. I did not push myself today. I wanted an easy run/walk to get back into the swing of things. Maybe tomorrow I will push to have a better time. We’ll see how I feel.

Until then…

Ms. P.

Day 60

I wanted to take the day off and blame it on the rain but that would be ridiculous. I have a treadmill downstairs so there is absolutely no reason to blame the rain for my lack of exercise. Besides by the time I finished feeding the puppies and getting myself together, the rain had stopped. I couldn’t blame it on needing to rest because I have been only doing two and a half miles a day messing around with those puppies. There is no need to rest from WALKING the entire two and a half miles each day. I haven’t jogged with the puppies because they really need to get a good handle on the walking part before I try jogging. Like I explained before, as soon as I start jogging, they start sprinting and it gets a little hectic so I just walk briskly about the neighborhood with them. I know I need to get a 5k run/walk in ASAP. I haven’t done so since Day 56.

Today, I again walked the two and a half miles around the neighborhood with the puppies. I’m not happy that lately that is my only form of exercise each day. I haven’t really run since I last did the 5k four days ago. I should have ran/walked at least two miles this morning on the treadmill but my morning got away with me. I know one thing, come rain, shine or locusts, I will be doing 5k tomorrow whether it be on the track or on that darn treadmill it will be done. I miss running so much. The brisk two and a half mile walks are okay but I feel so much better when I run.

I’m happy to report that things are working out well in my personal life. I am slowly but surely removing excess drama and aggravation from my circle. Now if I could just get my daily runs in like I was doing when I originally started this blog, life would be what one could almost call perfect.

Wait—it’s officially two months now! Holy track shoes Batman! I actually made it to the two month mark and I am still sticking with it. I got so caught up in run/walking, I didn’t realize how time was flying. Next stop three months!

Until tomorrow…

Ms. P.

Day 59

Today was a busy day so I walked the puppies through the neighborhood. It was easier that way. I killed two birds with one stone. I wanted to do a morning walk and then an evening walk as well but my schedule didn’t permit. Don’t worry. I will get it together. Once the children go back to school, things will definitely calm down on the home front.

Until tomorrow…

Ms. P

Day 58

Good morning friends. I have realized that it may be better to write my blog posts later in the day (or even perhaps throughout the day) because as I have been reorganizing my life to include more physical activity, that morning run/walks are just the beginning of my “not training for a marathon” each day. I often do another brisk walk with the puppies in the evenings.  I apologize to those of you who use my morning blog posts as an inspiration to get some physical exercise done for yourself each day, but you will now have to use it as inspiration for the next day instead. I find it best to include all of my daily exercise walk/runs, which lately have been more than once each day.

I did not go to the track this morning. Instead I decided to walk with the puppies around the development. I normally walk the puppies more often in the evenings and walk with both Sara and Jane at the same time. This morning I did it a different way. I walked each puppy individually. I also used my handy dandy Nike + app to track how long and far I was actually walking. It turns out that if I walk three times around my development, it is the equivalent to walking just over one mile. I had originally thought I had to walk around the development four times to equal one mile.  So I was ahead of the game when I did my walks around the neighborhood instead of on the track.

I took Sara out walking first as she is no longer crated in the house at all. She is fully housebroken and does not mess with anything she shouldn’t mess with. She stays in her designated area of the house. She is so good. Anyway, I didn’t want to take Jane walking first and leave Sara whining inside the house to go out. I figured if I walked her first, she’d be nice and tired by the time we came back and then I could take Jane out and she wouldn’t mind.  Sara did really well on our walk. She walked alongside me with no pulling and did not get unfocused when we walked by the neighbors outside. Normally she would growl and try to get at them. I kept a steady pace and did not allow her to get unfocused. It was definitely easier to do this with one dog.  As we rounded up the last walk around the development, I could tell Sara was getting a little tired. I normally would only walk them around twice and bring them back. This third time around was definitely taking a little toll on her. When we arrived at home, she was happy to return to the back yard and headed straight for the water.

After bringing Sara into the house, I let Jane out of her crate, let her go relieve herself in the designated area of the backyard and then I brought her inside to prepare for our walk. I grabbed her leash out of the garage (which is where we leave from) and immediately Sara comes trotting out of the doorway and sat down next to Jane and waited for me to put her leash on. I then told her to go back inside the house and she cocked her head to the side as if to say “But what do you mean by that?” I had to guide her back into the house and close the doorway that led into the garage. When I closed the door, I heard her let out a slight whimper in protest but that was it.

I then went and walked another mile or so with Jane. I did a total of 2.65 miles this morning. It wasn’t the 5k but it was a great workout. I accomplished two things. I got my morning workout done and I gave the puppies a nice long walk as well. As with Sara, Jane started to get a little tired on that last go round. In the beginning she was eager to do the brisk walk and even tried sprinting a couple of times but as I said on that last walk around the development, she slowed down and made no further attempts at sprinting. Eventually, I will add a little more distance to each of their individual morning l walks as time goes by. I will also have to add a third round of morning walks when Julie is old enough to go for walks, but we’ll cross that doggie bridge when we get to it.

I’m not sure if I’m going to the track tomorrow. I am still in the process of reorganizing my personal life so it may in fact be easier to just work out downstairs or walk through the neighborhood with the puppies. I guess tomorrow will tell.

Until then…

Ms. P.

Day 57

There was no track today. Today I spent my morning run/walking with the puppies. I don’t run/walk as far (3 miles) when I run/walk with them but it is definitely a workout. Both dogs are doing really well. Sara is the alert and watchful one. Jane is also watchful but she is much more calm than Sara. Jane very rarely pulls whereas if Sara sees something she deems to be out of the ordinary, she wants to bark and investigate further. She pulls the leash but then immediately straightens up once I give her that little nudge-pull.

I can’t wait until I can jog with them for extended periods of time. Right now I am just concentrating on getting them to walk alongside me without getting distracted. We sprint from time to time during the walk but not too much because they get a little out of control when we start running.

I also did a 20 minute dance video to finish off the day. Somehow I feel that if I don’t do 3 miles or better, I haven’t done enough. Yes, I’m somewhat of an overachiever. Don’t judge me.

So until tomorrow…

Ms. P.