Monday, June 15, 2009

Sunday Night Walk/Woggle with Bella


Bella and I took a short 30 minute walk/woggle (combo of a waddle and a jog) because I was feeling anxious about starting this whole process, and I decided that the best way to calm my nerves was to just get out and move my feet. I thought it would remind me that all I have to do is move my feet.

It also served to help me fine-tune some of the things I need to think about to run with Bella
  1. I need a slightly longer leash or possibly something like this. I found that with the leash I was using, it was a little too short to push up my arm to hold it and when I grasped it in my hand, my arm (specifically my bicep) got really tired after a while while running-ish.

  2. I think I am going to need to run with my camelback. Rick and I have used it to give Bella water on our walks before(No we don't let her suck on it for those of you getting grossed out. We squeeze it so it drips and she laps up the drips). I'm worried it might be really hot or bouncy on my back. We'll see how it goes and if I need to adjust because I really don't want to have to carry water in my hand for either of us.

We had SOOO much fun and she was such a great work-out partner. I think she was pretty pooped by the time we got home, but I think a lot of that had to do with her still being a little residually tired from a long day of swimming with her best buds (Abby and Maddox) on Saturday.

I'll give her 'till Tuesday morning to recover! That's when we we'll get up at 5:30am and do our woggle. We're usually up then anyway because that's when Rick gets into the shower, and the shower is pretty much in our bedroom. She and I usually laze away in bed until closer to 6:30am, but it's not like we're actually sleeping. Usually we are just indulging in watching the previous night's episode of The Hills or something. Time that would be much better spent moving our bodies!

Easier said than done tomorrow morning when the alarm goes off, but I'll try to remind myself of what Rick told me when I introduced him to my crazy marathon idea: "You are the best wife. I think you are a rockstar!"


That ought to get me out of bed.

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