This year’s pumpkins were on display today. Not as many as last year, but there were a few pretty good ones. This year’s 1st place winner was the Blood Bank. Surgery’s pumpkin was kinda cute.
Valking, valking, valking
Time: 1030
Temp: 11°C
Distance: ~2.5 km
No running today. Just a brisk walk with the dog on a nice sunny morning. Might head out for a run later on today without the dog.
A jolly good Howloween
Had a fun little Howloween party for the dogs at the dog park today. There were a lot of dogs there today, and a few of them dressed up too! Nala was in her Superman costume for a few minutes, but it didn’t stay on for very long once she started running around. So off it came except for the cape. There was Isabelle the pirate, Sam the pumpkin, Tide in Hawaiian shirt and lei, Bones in fairy wings, Sara all dressed up, and metal rocker Edgar. We even provided little treat bags with some biscuits, tennis balls and a rawhide chew for some of the bigger dogs. I think everybody had a pretty good time (people included).
Nala’s definitely having more fun with the cooler weather. During the summer she’d be running around, and after 30-45 minutes she’d be done and pooped out. Today she was running around the whole two hours we were at the park, and pretty much non-stop at that.
Nala turned 10 months yesterday, and weighed in at 70 pounds today.
Spam in GoogleMail
I don’t know if it’s just me or other GoogleMail users, but spambots seem to be flooding GMail pretty hard the last couple of days. A few weeks ago, I might have seen 2 or 3 spam mails a week in the junk mailbox. Over the past two days I dumped 90 messages from the junk mailbox. At least GMail’s spam filters seem to work fairly well. I don’t think I’ve had to reclassify too many spams that got through into my inbox.
Running at dusk
Time: 1820
Temp: 16°C
Distance: ~2 km
Mornings are a little bit too cool to be working out lungs that haven’t been worked hard in a long time, so I’ve shifted the running to when I get back from work. Still decently warm, and it should give me time to get acclimated. Cold air, warm lungs…recipe for getting sick.
A decent run up and back. Shin muscles (the wife could probably tell me the proper name for those muscles) on my left leg need some strengthening. They get all sore and weak halfway through my run, which makes the left foot very flappy. Doesn’t make for very good running form.
Nala seemed to be enjoying today’s outing, and kept pace with me for about 3/4 of the run.
Weight: a chunky 80 kg