Walk With Murphy
What a gorgeous day. Murphy had some extra energy, so I took him for a nice walk. He is getting better and better at sit, stay and down. Last week we had a lesson with Stacy at the grocery store and Murphy did really well. We need to get him out a couple of times this week to enforce what he learned. Stacy taught us a trick to make him heel better. It’s called a pivot turn. You simply pivot and cross the dog’s path while bringing your knee up. Your knee pushes him back in between the side of the neck and collar. This does not hurt your dog. It just makes him back up instead of pulling ahead.
Workout:
- Type: Walk
- Date: 04/26/2008
- Distance: 2.6 miles
Although I got a late start, I’ve been a serious runner since 1994. I ran my first marathon in 1995 on my 30th Birthday. It’s been my goal to run the Boston Marathon since then. I missed qualifying by 12 minutes that year. I needed to run 3:40 and ran 3:52. Running in the most prestigious marathon, is the ultimate for most runners. The fact that you have to qualify, only fueled my competitive juices.
Over the next 9 years I ran 6 more marathons. I love running so much that I became a 
2 comments:
Glad to hear Murphy is doing well in his training. Hope we can get together for some coffee this week.
Ah, the pivot turn. Our trainer called it being unpredictable. Works wonderfully well in my experience.