Sun Run Training...

I'm in the midst of very casual training for the Vancouver Sun Run. I am going to do it this year although it won't be my best time... and Lexi is training with me... which may not be the most helpful thing...

I've gone twice this week with her and both times I haven't been able to put my full attention on the jogging.

The first day was Tuesday morning. We went down to this sand soccer field which is mostly enclosed so I feel 'mostly' ok about letting her off leash. This is because Lexi does not come when called very well. So I spent most of the time calling her back onto the field as she'd find the little ways out. I got mixed up with my timer thinking it read the actual time and that I had run for a good amount of time... such was not the case... It turns out I had only been running for 8 min 34 seconds. I know I know SUCH a GREAT amount of time... I should have known better... but at the point I realized it was the counter time not the real we had left the field to hike up the hill back home.

The second time I went jogging with Lexi was today. Thursday, Apr 2. I had to keep her on the long line leash as there was another dog walking around the edge of the enclosed field. This gets to be really frustrating as she can't just jog with me or near me... she's got to push the limits or in this case 'MY' limits. She must run as far from me as the leash will allow and then switch sides, do circles around me, run past me and stop and run the other way. Although, today I did manage over 10 minutes of running :) Despite all the distractions of birds landing nearby, dogs walking past.

Tomorrow I'm off to jog with another human.... my fellow trainee for the Sun Run, Suzanne.