Out and about

Despite the schizophrenic weather spring is finally here. The town is getting livelier, more and more people sit outside and even more people go for long walks or runs. I have been feeling very excited about the days getting longer for quite a while now. I have also decided to train properly at least three times a week. After seeing what the rest of the team is capable of, I have absolutely no excuses. The only way to improve is to work hard and keep going, ignore the pain and your head telling you that you can't do this. A friend once told me that when you feel you have no energy left you actually have another 20% to use before you start damaging your body. There you go, no excuses!

I am not the only one in the family who likes to spend time in the open air. Our wee beast also enjoys running like mad in the garden (I swear she looks more like a rabbit than anything else!) and making us run with her. Well, today she probably decided she had enough of our (large but not large enough for a Chihuahua) garden and ventured outside. God only knows how she managed to get on the street... She was probably trying to elope with some good looking male specimen. When my dad got home and realised that she was nowhere to be seen, he started running. First around the garden. Nothing. Then in the woods close to our house. Nothing. He then went on the street. Still nothing. It was when he started imagining all the possible negative scenarios that my mum got a call from the nearby kennel. Mika was there - safe, sound and looking absolutely miserable. Hopefully she has learnt the lesson and will now think twice before running after the next sexy husband-to-be. A big 'thank you' to the person who found her and took care of her. The world is full of nice people :)