Christine - I'm glad Jimmy's surgery went well. My springer is microchiped too. The rescue where we adopted her do it to all their dogs. It is a great thing!
Carole - That is awful. Did you have to bathe Sadie in tomato juice to get rid of the smell? I've always heard that works, but I've never tried it to find out.
Wendy - I agree it is very bizarre weight gain. That has never happened to me before, but then again I have never been on this brand of b/c pill before either. My rotation will consist of running 4 times/week, beginning with 4 days of 3 milers, and 1-2 days of strength training. Every week I will increase one run by a mile. Hopefully it will keep the injuries at bay by not increasing too quickly and following the 10% rule. Near the end of November I should be running 8 miles comfortably for my long runs and 4 miles the other 3 days, I might play around with that though. I want to then keep that mileage until after the holidays when I begin working on my speed work and preparing for my first race(s) in March. All in all, that is the game plan. I hope it works out like I hope. I'm sure I will need to tweak it here and there, such as with the weight training.
Carole - That is awful. Did you have to bathe Sadie in tomato juice to get rid of the smell? I've always heard that works, but I've never tried it to find out.
Wendy - I agree it is very bizarre weight gain. That has never happened to me before, but then again I have never been on this brand of b/c pill before either. My rotation will consist of running 4 times/week, beginning with 4 days of 3 milers, and 1-2 days of strength training. Every week I will increase one run by a mile. Hopefully it will keep the injuries at bay by not increasing too quickly and following the 10% rule. Near the end of November I should be running 8 miles comfortably for my long runs and 4 miles the other 3 days, I might play around with that though. I want to then keep that mileage until after the holidays when I begin working on my speed work and preparing for my first race(s) in March. All in all, that is the game plan. I hope it works out like I hope. I'm sure I will need to tweak it here and there, such as with the weight training.