Ken's

3 miles with Ellie at Ken's yesterday.  I planned on going farther but E got a bit overheated even though it felt cool to me.  I'm going to bring her water with me from now on regardless of the outside temp.

Ellie

Me and Ellie got in 2 miles this morning.  She sure loves getting out for some activity!!

Rudy's

Justin, Ellie and I did Rudy's this morning.  It was a very nice, cool morning.  I was very pleased with the amount of actual running I was able to do.  Me and Justin had our typical great existential conversation.  Ellie did great and needs to drop a few pounds.  She was up to 44lbs at the vet earlier this week.  This was my first time doing Rudy's since late last March.

27:40 NOT

I knew there was something fishy about that 27:40.  It was 2.5 miles!!

27:40

Early 2 mile walk with Ellie.  After some errands and a movie I got stir crazy so I got out for a solo 3 miler at 11.  I'm pretty happy with a time of 27:40.   It was pretty hot so I got a real good sweat on.  That was my non Ellie outing in quite a while.  It was entirely too hot for her to join me.

Ellie

Nice cool early morning 3 miler with Ellie.  I actually ran most of it.  It felt great outside, cool temp with minimal humidity.

Ellie

4 miles with Ellie this morning.  That's our longest run/walk in quite a while.  We took it easy.  She got to run through some sprinklers and waller in the cool grass a few times.  We stopped so I could give her water at the 2 mile and 3+ mile mark.  I never ever push her.  If she lags at all we stop to walk until it seems like she's better!!

Ellie

Easy 3 mile run with Ellie this morning.  Maybe that sentence should be the title of my blog!

Ellie

Easy 2 mile run with Ellie this morning!

more running

3 mile run/walk yesterday morning.  More running than Thursday.  Early morning 2 mile walk this morning.  Obviously all miles are with my Ellie!!

ankle

My ankle has been feeling better for a few weeks so me and Ellie got out for a real easy 3 mile run/ walk this morning.  It was actually a pretty good amount of slow running.  It felt good.  I'm pretty sure Ellie enjoyed as much or more than me!!

dumbell

Me and Ellie got in a great 2 mile walk this morning!  I also got in a good dumbell workout too.  I guess it's a good thing I'm not withering away completely!!

hiatus

Not gonna make any profound statements here.  It looks like my hiatus from running is going to continue for a while longer.  It seems that I'm perfectly content doing walks in the 'hood with Ellie.  I never thought I'd say this but I'm not missing running one bit.

family

Pretty sad weekend for me.  The family I lost carried on without me.  I wonder if I was missed....

Me and E got in a 2 mile walk this morning.

Ellie

2 mile walk yesterday and 4 mile run with Ellie this morning.

Samwell

Samwell and I had a nice easy 5 miler at Townlake this morning and Ellie and I had an early half miler and a later morning half miler!!

Ellie

3 miles in the hood with Ellie and then some exercising.....

nice weather

Not a great nights sleep so didn't feel much like running this morning, but Ellie and I did get in 2 separate 1 mile walks, so the nice weather this morning wasted completely wasted.

happy kid

Me and Ellie got in an abbreviated Kens yesterday for 4 miles and 3 more in the 'hood this morning.  She sure is a happy kid when we get out for some activity!!  I guess I am too!!

no rain

No rain this morning was a nice surprise which enabled Ellie and I to get in our one mile walk!

much needed

Got in a much needed 5 miler with my old pals Sam and Mark at Townlake this morning.  We had a great time and Sam took it easy on us!  We also set a date for a run to remember our friend Rick in July!

on fire...

3 miles with Ellie yesterday morning and 4 this morning.  We're on fire...

knee

Right knee a little tweaky.  Me and Ellie finished our 2 mile walk by 515 this morning.

Ellie

3 miles in the hood this morning with Ellie!

Ellie

3 miles in the hood with Ellie this afternoon.

Ellie

2 mile run/walk with Ellie this morning.

Rudy's

Did Rudy's this morning with Ellie.  I added the POS trail instead of doing HOL.  That makes it a true 5 miler.

running

Me and Ellie had a great run this morning and actually did a lot of RUNNING.  I felt better than I have in quite a while!  Hopefully I can keep my head out of my as and build on this!!

800

Me and Ellie got in a good Kens run today and she went over the 800 mile threshold today as well!  Good stuff all the way around!!

Monday

3 mile run/walk with Ellie this morning.

Ellie

4 mile run/walk with Ellie in the 'hood this morning.

Ellie

Me and Ellie went on 2-1 mile walks this morning!

"exercises"

Woke up a little blue this morning but me and Ellie got on out the door for 4 miles.  We didn't set the world on fire but we got it done.  Also got in some "exercises" as Mark would say.  I'm going to keep chipping away at it....

Ellie

Me and Ellie got in a 2 mile run/walk this morning.  Trying to get motivated about warmer weather on the way....

busy

4 miles with Ellie in the hood this morning.  A light rain started just as we were wrapping up, perfect timing!!

I've got a busy rest of the weekend planned.  Having 2 bookcases delivered later today, Hayes Carll show in Coupland tonight and giving my old friend Randy a thorough tour of Barton Creek tomorrow morning.   He was the Wagonmaster on the wagon train.  We haven't seen each other since the spring of '91!!  I'm pretty excited!!

elements

Chilly 4 mile run this morning.  Ellie did 2 with me.  It really was cold so I didn't want to subject her to the elements for too long.

Ellie

Me and Ellie bundled up and got in 3 miles this morning.

Ellie

4 miles with Ellie this morning.

walk my dog

Me and Ellie got in 2 walking miles early this morning and then another half mile for her to pee one last time before I left for work.

As we were walking this morning I was reflecting on a conversation I had with someone recently.  They asked if I have a hobby.  I thought about it a minute and then replied that besides reading in bed at night I suppose Ellie is my hobby. 

Can a dog be a persons hobby?  I think they can.  I spend as many waking hours with her as I can.  I now seem to plan my social life around her.  I bring her to work with me once a week.  Even though she gets freaked out by any kind of big truck she's always excited to leave the house and run errands with me on the weekend.

Something else I pondered as we walked this morning, it now doesn't seem like my world will come to an end if my running career is over.  I'm feeling pretty contented walking my dog.

Ellie

Me and Ellie got in an easy 2 mile run/walk this morning and then I actually did an ab workout!!

Rudy's

Me and Ellie got in a good Rudy's Loop yesterday morning.  With my ankle issue it's probably been 10 months or so since I've been on that trail.  So long overdue.  We both really enjoyed ourselves!