Who said 'donut'?  Dang, I haven't had one in forever, but that sounds good!

 

Hey Freesoul, I've been trying to remember what kind of dog is Rocky?  I think this entered my mind through a random train of thought:  female running safely >> protection on trail >> dog >> Freesoul and Rocky >> ?

 

Massage guy just emailed that he can see me first thing tomorrow.  YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

 

Meanwhile I'm going to sit here and annoy yous guys all day.

Lol, sadly I honestly don't know if Rocky is much protection, at least compared to my ole girl Molly (miss her so much). Rocky is part Heeler (Cattledog) and Lab. He looks slightly intimidating from afar but the moment anybody makes eye contact or a says something to him, his whole body goes into spaztic like wags, it's sad really lol. But he is only 5 years old, and I am sure a few more years and maturing will give him the experience to judge situations and people, rather than thinking everybody is there to love him.

Here is a pic of him and Molly back in March of 2012, Molly is the Husky/Shepherd mix and he is the mostly black dog.

Here he is during his first race

9.1 miles MP - 9.75 miles total

Overall run pace avg was 7:25, which is pretty much my goal MP. But this pace avg includes my (short) w/u and c/d, so I was a little fast. I'm just starting to try to integrate MP, and still have lots of work to do

7:27

7:21

7:19

7:18

7:20

7:27

7:17

7:22

(actual total is 9.1 miles, and here are only 8, because I hit the lap button by mistake in the middle of a split)

At the beginning of the run I thought there was no way I was going to hold that pace for 9 miles, but I did. It would have been hell to hold it for 26 though, lol!

This finally arrived!

 

I had to email the RD, but he got someone on the ball pronto and it was here 2 days later.  Here are the specs if anyone is interested, it's all greek to me.

 

Sweet!

 

Lol, sadly I honestly don't know if Rocky is much protection, at least compared to my ole girl Molly (miss her so much). Rocky is part Heeler (Cattledog) and Lab. He looks slightly intimidating from afar but the moment anybody makes eye contact or a says something to him, his whole body goes into spaztic like wags, it's sad really lol. But he is only 5 years old, and I am sure a few more years and maturing will give him the experience to judge situations and people, rather than thinking everybody is there to love him.

 

Here is a pic of him and Molly back in March of 2012, Molly is the Husky/Shepherd mix and he is the mostly black dog.

 

 

Here he is during his first race

He's a sweetie, but I'll bet he would cause someone to pause before they approached you.  They don't know that he would kill them by drooling on them.

 

He's a sweetie, but I'll bet he would cause someone to pause before they approached you.  They don't know that he would kill them by drooling on them.

Lol, true. With Molly if anybody ever asked whether she was friendly or not, I would say no because she didn't pay any attention to them or wag her tail. But as for Rocky, I couldn't lie and say he wasn't friendly because he will wiggle and wag and shake all over, barely able to contain himself with joy and excitement.

Rocky is a cutie, FS!

I managed 12.3 miles last night which is the longest I have run since my marathon way back in December.  I'm leaning towards signing up for the HM later this month just to test the waters.

 

My September 2014 half pace was 7:12, and it was a rather warm day. One year after, in September 2015 I will be much better trained. My work load is much greater than it was last year. So 7:25 seems reasonable. I like setting the bar pretty high.

 

My real, true objective is to make it <3:25, to BQ on my first. The plan (as of today) will be to go out at 7:25 - 7:30 and hopefully finish in the 3:15 range. And if I can't hold it, slow down a bit but keep my average faster than 7:45.

Next September? lol By then you might be looking at even faster.