Training for a Belt Buckle

I am sooooooo excited!  My sister just called and said that the person who was buying the one remaining puppy is picking it up tonight (his girlfriend said she is buying a puppy this week - and he can't hold off any longer). So - she is bringing Twilight over tomorrow morning!  

I'm going to be a mommy again!

Regretting taking a long nap yesterday afternoon.  I am so psyched about the puppy coming that my brain won't shut down.  Read an entire book, then laid there trying to sleep for an hour. Finally at 1:30 I got up and went running.  It was nice and quiet out.  Clear sky with lots of stars. I was enjoying my Christmas songs as I ran and looking down on the valley.

3 a.m. - beat that folks!

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(I'm going to regret this at work tomorrow)

Slept in with the puppy this morning. After work I made her do her training. My sister is spending the night and said the longest she has seen the puppies play is for about 15 minutes.  We had Twilight playing for nearly 90 minutes and she was so much fun - running all around. She is already a lot more comfortable.

After dinner, I went to the gym and hit the treadmill.  1st mile - warmup - starting at 4.5 mph and increasing every 2 minutes to 5.0 mph. Mile 2 at 5.0. Mile 3 at 5.1. Mile 4 at 5.2. Mile 5 at 5.3. Mile 6 increasing every minute from 5.4 up to 6.2 mph.

The puppy kept me awake a lot of the night wanting to play - so I will run this afternoon.

Here are some puppy pics - as ordered:

Just after arriving:

Posing at 7 weeks old:

The mighty hunter :)

Treadmill again. I was too tired from the annoying baby last night to dare run on icy roads.

1 mile warmup between 4.7-5.0. Kicked the treadmill up to 6.3 and started dropping the speed .1 for every half mile. Last mile went to 6.5 and dropped the speed .1 for every minute.

Off to meet my exDH and son for a dinner for our son's 19th birthday on Saturday.

Got more sleep last night with the puppy.  

After work I headed out running - hoping to get off the bigger roads before dark.  The wind was only really cold when I headed south each time.  I felt like I was running really slow with the yak trax on - but that might have been because I did speed work the previous two days. Legs got a good workout in snowy and slushy areas.  It was just starting to freeze again as I finished.

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Still have to work out later today. I went across the street at lunch and bought a treadmill for days that are really bad.  I still plan to get outside most days, but if I think I have a chance of getting injured - give me a treadmill on that day.

PM - just finished running all around the neighborhoods by me.  My 6 mile time was more than 10 minutes slower than yesterday and the last mile was really tough - this wore me out.

I bought a NordicTrak Water Resistant/Wind Resistant shell at the discount sports place that is temporarily across from my work. I had it on over a long sleeved running shirt and it kept me nice and toasty.  Only cold part of me was my chin.

I was heading over to the oval to run and stopped by to see when they might deliver my treadmill. Rob told me to go ahead and run on the treadmill in the store - so I did.