Monday I woke up and did my 3 miles. I decided to take Atreyu, my dog, with me since he had done so well the last time I took him. He did great again although we had trouble with the doggy fountain. When we go to the dog park he drinks happily from the doggy fountain, but the doggy fountain that is half-way through my 3 mile run he was scared of and wouldn't drink from it. All's well that ends well though because I put ice cubes in his water when we got home. The run itself was steady even though it was horribly hot since I didn't get outside until a little after 8.
Tuesday was Tae Kwondo training. The training was a slow-motion muscle memory training day. I love these because they work your muscles in a way you wouldn't believe. Basically each move has to be done very slowly and controlled, held and then repeated several times. I also spoke with my instructor and he has a Judo instructor that he recommends, so I am going to see if I can take some trial classes of that and some Krav-Maga classes. I would like to expand my martial arts knowledge.
Today I woke up an hour earlier because I had a morning appointment and I was hoping it might be a couple of degrees cooler. It was if not only because it was cloudy out and the sun wasn't beating on me. Atreyu came with me again and this time he dragged behind me the whole time. I picked up my pace today for my 2 miles and did my route backwards. That means instead of going down the huge hill and up the slow incline that is half a mile long, I went down the slow decline and up the steep hill that is a quarter mile long. It was a great run. I pushed myself and it felt great. Even Atreyu looked like he really liked it even though he was behind me almost the whole time.
Fundraising is slow. I am not able to boot-block for the next 2 weeks because I have places to be during that time. I am considering sitting outside a Wal-mart nearby or some other fundraiser like that. If you have a suggestion, please let me know. Thank you for supporting me and please share with others.
