Beach Running = FUN!

Sunday morning dawned bright and beautiful here in London. A perfect chance, we figured, to head out to The Pinery on Lake Huron for a beach run. We'd read an article which suggested that barefoot is how we are "really" supposed to run....off to the beach to test the theory! Of course, Lucy's thoughts on the matter were something along the lines of "well duh...I run barefoot all the time!" Give us time to build up callus like her pads and we'll be laughing!


1.5 hours of running along relatively deserted, beautiful beach made us happy, giggly (well, Heather anyway!) and ready for some lunch!



Lucy, of course, was still full of boundless energy and insisted on playing "stick" in the lake for another hour (who can keep up with that?) She only decided it was time to pack it in when full body shakes began due to the cold water....



Home to dinner....Andrew's first attempt at cedar plank salmon on the BBQ was a smashing success. Hmm. There appears to be a bit of a food obsession in today's post :)


The aftermath of the barefoot run experience...very sore calves! It took a bit of hobbling about on Tuesday morning to encourage tight little muscles to lengthen out. But definitely an amazing experience and one which we hope to repeat soon.

For all of our Saskatoon buddies out there....Monday was one of those "epic windy" bike ride days out here! It was a little reminder of what riding in Saskatchewan can be like. I had the day off, so went for a spin mid-afternoon. After 15 minutes or so into nasty headwind I was starting to wonder if I had no fitness or if it was just really THAT windy. A quick phone call to Andrew [at work! I truly did feel a bit guilty :) ] to check on wind conditions... hearing "gusts of 55 - 60 km/h" on the other end of the line made me feel much better about things! Time to pray that the wind direction wouldn't change, keep pushing ahead, and dream of the tailwind home.

Happy week to all :)

A Typical (or not!) Tuesday...

A rather fun morning today! Tuesday means a no work day for Heather (woo hoo!)....so even MORE time to try and keep up with our awesome border collie x blue heeler, Lucy. The day started with a 2900 m swim. Put a pull buoy and paddles on me and I can FLY! Which means, being able to sit on Andrew's feet. I have no hope of staying in contact when swimming without "toys," but give me big hands and WHEE!

The less typical part of the day....getting our marriage license! Though it is just a piece of paper (a rather expensive one at that!) it was pretty fun to get :)

Keeping up with Lucy so far has involved a 1 hr country walk with stick throwing. Fortunately, there is no hope of outrunning her for a stick, so why try? A cute little baby 'coon wandered across our path and up a tree....very curious little fellow! This afternoon will be time for keeping up with Pumpkin the cat. This will undoubtedly involve a nap. And maybe some snacking :)

Have to rest up for keeping up with Lucy tonight...a tempo run....likely with a few "squirrel drags" to boot. These involve Lucy spying a squirrel and then giving full chase, with me on the other end of the leash. Great interval training of sorts!?! We don't call her the "GPS" (aka - Goosey Propulsion System) for nothing!