A Race for The Dogs

So you'd think we'd be all raced out from last weekend's half in Cincy and the half from the weekend before here. Yeah, I am pretty much raced out but we're doing another race this weekend! Well, two of us are anyway - me and Pippin. Oh yeah, you heard that right. Pippin and I will be "running" in the See Spot Run 5K in Murfreesboro (13 miles south of here). It runs through the campus of MTSU, and is the same course as a race we've done in August the past couple of years. The race encourages people and their dogs to participate together, and benefits Habitat for Humanity. I really don't think Pippin will be able to jog the whole way, so I think we'll employ the Galloway method. The past couple of days we've been walking the first part of our mile and then jogging the last part. He's really enjoyed it, and was flying today! We stopped to talk to a neighbor starting her morning walk with her dog, and after he got some lovin' he was pulling me to run again. The key to our "success" will be keeping him from getting TOO excited before the race. We just need to keep him calm and cool. The race email we got yesterday said they've had an overwhelming response, so hopefully it will go well. It should make for some seriously interesting photos though!! Brent's not running so he can play cameraman. I have a certain goal time in mind, so we'll see how that goes.

Gotta run so I can read some of your blogs! Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!

Rachel

Exercise-
Wed (post blog) - 50 mins ab work
Thurs - .5 mile walk, .5 mile run with Pippin; 6.2 mile evening run