We went out for a couple of miles of walking the dogs this morning, then Stephanie took Sabrina back home while Bear and I took off running. We covered almost exactly three miles, doing about half the distance on single track and the other half on asphalt, at a little over an 8:30 pace. Running with him on the trail was interesting since I had to slow down for the more technical portions and he didn’t - which gave me about 8 feet of flexi-leash to get through the rocks/roots/whatever before he’d start tugging (which would make it harder, naturally).

I made sure to drink up befor leeaving, but after the first two miles we were both really hot, and I started curving us gently towards home at that point. On the third mile Bear was beginning to slow down, and I sure felt like it myself. When we got home I was covered in sweat and he was really frothing, and we both downed a large amount of fluid (PowerAde for me, water straight from the outside faucet for him).

The funny thing was that according to weather.com its only seventy degrees outside. I don’t know if its just the direct sunlight or what, but it sure didn’t feel like a breezy seventy. Still, its a great day to be wearing shorts and sandals!

Tomorrow I have a conference call at 9:00am, but I really want to get 8-12 miles in. I’ll either have to get up really early, or go out when its hot. Hmm. Whatever happens, I am going to do the distance.

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