Dog Blog!!

Seujan and I became doggie parents yesterday...we met this cute chocolate lab mix, Mocha, on Sunday at a shelter and Seujan went back to spring her yesterday. She's about 3 years old, we think, and has a bit of an unknown past, although we know she's been around the block a bit. Fortunately, her maternal possiblilites were stopped at the shelter... Mocha has a few special needs including a fear of doorways and linoleum and she isn't exactly as housetrained as we anticipated, but she's sweet, sweet, sweet and we have high hopes for crate training which will commmence today.

Mocha and the snow were the big news this week...I observed several kids sledding on grass earlier this week (ok, there was some snow, but the hills were more green than white)...snow hype in Seattle is great.

Workouts have been good this week and I'm mostly recovered from the Half Marathon and thinking about the next one, although my quads got sore again the last couple of days. Did a few aerobic runs, 2 swims, 2x weight training, and a good interval workout yesterday on the treadmill. Haven't seen my bike or a spin class in over a week, though. And now, lots of dog walking is being added to the schedule!

Yesterday's interval workout:
10 min warmup at 10 min. mile pace
2 x .75 mile at 7:35 pace
2 x 1 mile at 7:35 pace
HR up to 158-162 on intervals...basically tempo pace
10 min cool down on the elliptical machine