Stacy's Blog

This is going to be a bi-polar post:

July 1st and the temp did not hit 60 degrees!!! Seriously? It was cold, windy, dreary, misty, crummy weather. Ugh!

Miles and I were going to go 4 miles, then 5, finally went 6. What a great night for a run! Cool, misty, overcast evening. The wind was a little stiff, but gradually died down while we were out. There was lots of fresh water for Miles to play in and we were both feeling good so we kept going. Great run!!!   AP 9:26

Not worth talking about last week's running. To much going on to focus. Camped with J and J and Rylan and Austyn on Friday and Saturday. :) Tara and Alexander visited. Hurt my foot. Thought I maybe fractured it, but ice and Advil made it feel pretty good so I am hoping to be back at it on Tuesday. 

Summer is going by waaaayyyy to fast! :(

Had a Dentist appt. (I hate Dentist appts.) this morning. Had lunch with Ron, ran some errands because that's what I always do when I am in Fargo. (sigh) I took my running clothes and decided to run in town for a change of scenery. Ran from Lindenwood to Dike east and back. The river is finally down and the bike path was cleared but parts of the route looks like a waste land where the water sat and all the vegetation died. Had the path pretty much to myself and the weather was perfect! 9:21 AP

Going to try to get Miles out for a slow 2 miles tonight. Oh wait...Miles doesn't know what slow is.

2 miles with Miles, AP: Dog fast with a weight attached to the end of the leash.

3 miles without Miles, AP: 9:15

Running Adventures with Stacy and Miles

Miles is a black lab mix. He has a nose like a bloodhound and enough energy to power a small factory. We run on rural roads with ditches on each side and corn and bean fields beyond the ditches. There are birds everywhere and they insist on antagonizing him by flying right over us or running ahead on the road. I keep him on a longer leash when we run so he has a little more freedom. Not always the best idea. :0   I try to see the furry critters before he does so I can reign him in before he is dragging me down the road. Today I spotted 2 deer on the edge of the corn field. Fortunately his nose was glued to some other scent so I was able to spook the deer and get them moving on down the ditch before Miles saw them. However, he smelled them and being curious deer they stopped to check us out. So there I am running, telling Miles NO and STOP and yelling at the deer to move along. I finally got control of the whole situation and Miles and I stopped and watched the deer bound out across the cornfield in the fading sunlight. It was really quite an amazing sight! :) I will save the turtle/racoon incident for another day. ;)

Went to Fargo and ran with the team. Hazy day, apparently it is from forest fires in Canada.

Didn't have the grandkids today. Temp was 87 and I did not want to run outside or on the treadmill. So I biked 10.63 miles and called it good.

My favorite time of day to run: sunset. Oh what a beautiful evening!

5 miles with the team this morning and it was total speed work as I decided to try and keep up with the lead group. Ya, not going to happen. Great morning for a run since the high temp today was only 65! 

3 miles with Miles tonight because the high today was only 65! ;)

3 miles with the team.

Progression run @ sunset. I had my times but then erased them. Miles was not happy when I left him at home. Too hot for him today.

Hot and getting humid. 

1 mile with Miles

4 miles on the bike path and track

The shadows are changing.