hot to trot

Well I think the summer scorcher is over! The temperature's been crazy high, and it's affected my running. No one wants to be outside for long when it's blazing! I've taken it indoors to my gyms treadmill too, but they have 30 and 40 minute limits on the machines, and I can only make it during peak hours, so I haven't been able to up my mileage past 10km yet.

I'm not worried, but I do know I need to hit close to the half marathon distance, so my body (feet especially) know what it's like.

I did 8km today, with my pup, Simba. He was a real trooper! I tested him today at distance for the first time, and while I took more walk breaks than usual, I couldn't risk over-heating my baby! The looks I got on the trail were pretty funny too. I guess not too many people go jogging with their dogs...or at least not small dogs.

We saw lots of labs, retrievers, poodles, and Simba blew by them all! ;o) The benefit of an 8km run with your dog...he sleeps the rest of the day! ;o)