AM - 6.0 miles by myself, total time was 50:24, average pace of 8:25/mile. Then approximately .75 with Sparky (no watch). He was pulling me the entire time. Another item to mention about Spary: he has the interesting behavior of barking at other people, and not at any other dogs he encounters. This morning as I ran with him, I tried to encourage not barking by stopping every time he barked at a person, and making him sit quietly for a couple seconds, then praising him. He really wanted to run (he was literally pulling on the leash the entire time), and I am hoping this may help his behavior to change. We have a next-door neighbor who Sparky barks at every time they go out into their back yard, which is separated from ours by a cinder block fence. I ended up pushing it a bit this run, and will definitely need to take it easy tomorrow. Nothing special, somewhere between 10-15 miles tomorrow for my long run. Best of luck to all the TOU runners tomorrow. A special good luck to Sasha in his attempt to potentially reach an OT qualifier at TOU. | 