At the end of October I did the Zombie Race in Milton. It was a great race, but of course it was raining and a bit chilly. The mud made it more fun though. It was mostly trails and I loved it!
Here is James and I after the race. He was a bit disappointed that he couldn't run it with me. In a few years he will be old enough.
November started and so did the swim meets. My kids have been swimming okay. There is still some technical stuff to fix, but we are making progress towards that. My training was up and down.
I went to Indiana to surprise my mom for her birthday and brought back the newest member our our family.
River is a Treeing Walker Coonhound mix. She is very high energy and gets along great with Anya and Mulder.
We've had her for just over a week and James said it feels like we've had her all our lives. She is on a great schedule to get lots of exercise. Monday and Thursday I take her to the dog park. Tuesday and Friday we walk to daycare when James is with us and then we go for a run. Wednesday she goes to Doggy Daycare. Saturday and Sunday we go to the dog park or hike. I get all three of them out for walks at least 2 other times a day as well.
Here she is at daycare playing with some of her friends.
When I got back from Indiana I ran the Hanukkah Hustle in Hamilton. I ran this race last year and had a good time, so I was back for a second year. I did pretty good for my training being hit and miss.
After the race we took all three dogs hiking. They had a ball and the weather was awesome!
I ran a bit last week and took River for her first run with me. We ran just under 3 miles and she had me moving! She really does love to run.
Saturday James and I ran the Hamilton Santa 5k. We had to dress in Santa suits to run. It was a lot of fun and James ran a best time of 44:09!
Mike and James will be running the Santa 5k in Burlington on Mike's birthday. James had such a good time he wants to do it again!
So that brings us to this morning. I was going to walk all three dogs to daycare with James, but it was just too cold out for Mulder. He wears a coat, but still gets really cold, so I just took River. It's 1.63 miles to daycare and then we went for a 4 mile run. She just keeps going! There was no way she was letting me slow down or walk at any point. She just loves to run! I won't be able to run with her on Friday as I'm at a swim meet, but Saturday afternoon she and I will go for another run when I get home from practice.
My next goal race is the Robbie Burns 8k at the end of January. I'd like to be around 50 minutes or faster. I think I can do it, if I stick to my training schedule. I have to start doing weights again next week to build up my strength again. I'll be able to see where I'm at on January 1st when I run the Resolution Run.
Right now I have to get so much stuff done that I feel like I'm already behind! Off to enjoy the rest of my day! Have a wonderful one yourself!
