Ivan Pavlov was a Russian scientist who is best known for his experiments with dogs. He essentially trained his dogs to drool whenever he rang a bell even when there was no food in sight. I have stumbled upon a runner’s modern version of this little experiment. Just before my stress fracture I began using […]

I’m off the injured reserve list. Yes, it’s lame. I went on IR 6 weeks ago and I haven’t posted anything. I could tell you that Supermutt ate my posts or that I was abducted by aliens or any number of other dreadful things. But the truth is, I was too busy wallowing in self […]

everything a Supermutt could ever hope for.  The temps are regularly above 60 now, and have even touched 80. The snow banks have all melted and I thought that this would make running with Supermutt a little easier.  No more frantic pulling every ten or twenty feet so he can mark the snowbanks along our […]

 Supermutt has been pretty well behaved on our runs lately.  The snowbanks are starting to shrink, so his constant urge to get to a snowbank and do a leg lift is even starting to diminish.  We have been seeing alot of dogs lately too, and even that has gone well.  Supermutt has shown a passing […]

I started PT and according to my therapist I’m a “kinetic mess.”  I thought I was just going to speed up the recovery from my hamstring tendinitis. Wrong!  Apparently, nobody just “gets” hamstring tendinitis.  After a thorough investigation, we discovered that my left leg is a full 3/8 inch shorter than my right.  After all […]

Supermutt and I headed out for our long run of 5 miles yesterday.  The weather was about as perfect as it gets for mid February in New Hampshire.  Bright, sunny, 40 degrees, and no wind.  Even better, it was the second warm, sunny day in a row so almost all slush had been eliminated.  I […]

We got another storm last night, an inch or two of snow followed by rain, freezing rain, and sleet.  Today however, was a balmy (for February anyways) 42 degrees, so Supermutt and I headed out for a 4 mile run.  A 4 mile slush run.  Big ol’ emphasis on slush.  I’m not quite sure how such a […]

I found this stuff that you’re supposed to spray on your dogs paws in the winter.  It’s supposed to help prevent ice and snow from freezing between the dog’s toes as well as protect the dog’s paws from road salt.  Sounds great.  I can actually do something to help Supermutt have a more comfortable run.  […]

I’ve given the new 2 foot leash a try for a couple of runs now.  Mixed results.  It does keep Supermutt planted at my left side, but it does so at the expense of one very tired and sore left arm by the end of the run.  I think Supermutt is starting to get it […]

For the last 2 or 3 runs Supermutt has actually been pretty good, except for his incessant desire to do the snowbank leg lift.  We have been “fortunate” this winter and have received tons of snow here in NH.  The snowbank outside my house still stands at an impressive 7 feet after a 3 day […]

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