"If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal." - Rob de Castella, winner 1983 World Marathon Championships
I took my puppy Frodo on the run today. He is such a pain to run with but I want him to get out in the world and interact with life so that he is not afraid of everything. We did not do this with our other dog Bilbo and now we cannot have him out in public. He gets overwhelmed so quickly that he just barks at everything. Bikers and other runners do NOT appreciate barking dogs so we do not bring him. Running with Frodo made me think about "Chip the Wonder Dog". Chip is Keri's huge black lab and the sweetest dog I have ever met. We would take him to the nearby high school track and Keri could let him off the leash and he would run between us. She would always pull ahead of me pretty quickly (have I mentioned how slow I run?) and Chip would cross the field, back in forth between us in a zig-zag formation. He was in total heaven on those days.
I wish there was a way to retract my fingers when I run. Seriously, they are all over the place. They do not want to just hang out, they have to tweak around like they have a mind of their own. I wonder if I am the only one who deals with this.
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