Mutt Strut 2009

Today Al and I participated in the Mutt Strut. It was a noncompetitive 5k. It's only the second one of 2009. I am not doing too well on my goal of running more, but Monday is another day and we are going to start waking up and running again. We were able to take Hunter with us today. I think he enjoyed it. We got home around 10:30 and it is now 3:30 and he has been asleep since we got home. They had tons of dogs there. I didn't run today, but I did walk. It was really cool because it was at the airport and we actually ran on the runway as planes were coming in to land. Of course we were on a separate runway that wasn't being used, but the planes were landing probably 30 feet away. There was tons of airport security around. I've always liked animals, but ever since we got Sophia I have felt that we need to get rescue animals. All of our animals are rescue animals now. I've been really educated by some people here who are all about rescue animals. So now I am anti backyard breeder. I think it is so selfish and irresponsible when people breed their animals to make money off of them. There are so many innocent animals who die in shelters everyday. It makes me so sad to think of all of them. Doing this 5k we were able to raise money to donate to the HSPCA (the Animal Cop show on Animal Planet). So I want to thank those that donated money to our team. We almost reached our goal, but either way I hope we were able to save a few animals today.

The First 5K of 2009

Well staying true to my getting in shape goal, I ran the first 5k of the year. I don't mind 5k's because they are only 3.2 miles. I hope to be up to a 10k (7 miles) by April. Today I didn't run the whole time. I had been trying to run every morning and then I had a few medical issues which put running on hold for 2 weeks. So Al and I jogged a few times this week to try and get ready. I figured since this is the first race I could be slow so I can improve on my time and then maybe feel good about running. I still don't really find it enjoyable, but each morning I try to jog just a little further then the day before and when I do it I feel pretty proud. So my time today was 45 minutes, which is pretty slow, but I'll improve on it. Since January 1st I have lost 8lbs. I know it's not too much, but it is a start. I think we may run a 5k next weekend, but we haven't decided for sure yet. I'll keep working at it though.