Running Into Fall

Running Into Fall
Oct 26th 2007
wolfmoonsleddog
Southeast
Location: Northwest GA
Time - 3:32pm
Temperature: 65 degrees F
Conditions: Mostly sunny
Forecast: Partly cloudy today, clear tomorrow. Lows in the lower 40s!

The temperature is nice and we are running right into the heavier training season. I took Calypso on another one-mile run yesterday evening. She didn’t go quite as fast as she did two nights ago but she still ran very, very well. My Dad biked along with us but Calypso didn’t ever let him pass! Whenever he tried to ride by, she gave him a glare that said “oh no you don’t…” and sped up. Once, she became so ticked off that she ran him off the trail! I’m so pleased with the way my superhusky is progressing. Next week she goes to the vet for her yearly checkup (Calypso loves going to the vet. Go figure.) and I can’t wait to show her off. She’s in great shape!

I was actually at the vet this morning with Wilson the hound mix, who had developed a yeast infection in his ear and an (unrelated) upset stomach. While the vet was waiting on the results of the ear exam, he said to me “It’s just about sledding season for you, isn’t it?” And I told him we were doing one-mile scooter runs. He laughed and said “Right. Because we’re not going to have any snow here.”

This morning I did not run Calypso since we’d scootered yesterday evening. However, I used the morning to go on a foot run by myself, just to keep that up. I think I’m going to start bringing Wilson along on these runs because he is beginning to resemble a sausage.