Sunday Nov.3 scenic dog park

 Toby, Sonny, and I meet at the scenic dog park.

Sonny and Toby join me for a walk down at scenic dog park. I kept on looking over the dog, making sure she was good and looking for spots where she could’ve got snagged on a branch. I saw a few spots a branch snag could’ve done it..

Only times Dixie got on leash were…

Time dogs were getting intimidating with her, but most times she was off leash.

Since using my Garmin of rec recorded 200 walking’s.

An absolute journey to becoming a runner again. From like 25 years of smoking

So far I’ve done two base runs at 2.6 - 2.8 km All in 23 minutes.

Tomorrow off to do a 45 minute run that’s 5 km just five minutes short of Seeing my VO2 max but I’m just starting to train

Even on my rest days, I am still walking, making sure I’m making activity minutes with the dog and myself. It’s a pleasure to have people to walk with and Sonny and Toby did a great job of caring the conversation as we walked….

Both were a real pleasure to be with Dixie.

Dixie loves her time in. She’s still 20% above her breed for active minutes.

Although she slowing down for active minutes the last couple days, I haven’t brought her on my runs cause she’ll stop and smell and poop and not have to pick it up so I was just be too much interruption for my runs.

Sleep is good 😊 seeing some interruptions other than that she’s doing a good job getting her sleeping. 💤 

Scoring high on her sleep score for breed a dog Life eh…

It sounds like you had a wonderful time at the scenic dog park with Toby and Sonny! It’s great that you’re able to enjoy some quality time with your dogs while also focusing on your running goals. It seems like you and Dixie are both on a journey to stay active and healthy together.

Your Garmin recording of 200 walks is impressive! It’s exciting to hear that you’re gradually getting back into running with your base runs. Tackling a 5 km run sounds like a solid plan, especially as you work on improving your VO2 max.

Dixie seems like quite the energetic companion. It's understandable to not bring her along for your runs if she tends to stop to sniff around—interruptions during running can be tough. It’s great that you’re still making time for activity with her on your off days. Plus, keeping track of her sleep and activity scores is a smart way to monitor her progress.

Great influence from Toby and Sonny are…. Getting walking-running

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