Training Log: Entry 3465

I intended to train stones today, but life had other plans.  We got some snow, and I spent the training time shoveling.  However, before that, I got a surprise sprint workout in.

I was setting up to walk my dog.  She's a 8.5 month old boxer puppy.  We're in the garage, I have her leash attached to my adjustable bench, which is standing upright like in my videos.  I'm lacing up my boots, I hit the garage door open button.

The dog sees the door open and starts meandering toward it.  In doing so, she pulls the bench down.  It falls, hits the floor, and startles her.

And, she does what a puppy does when it's startled.

She BOOKS it down the street.  My winter boots are just barely laced, and I'm taking off after her like a shot.  Yes, I HAVE been working on my sprinting, but I'm still 185 at 5'9 with a torn meniscus in one knee and a reconstructed ACL and repaired meniscus in the other...and 39.  Running in newly fallen (and currently falling) snow.  While calling my puppy's name at the top of my lungs.  

Catching this damn dog was NOT in the cards, BUT, I had to at least keep it in my eye sight, because the snow IS falling, and this dog is too dumb to NOT run in the middle of the road, and drivers are not attentive normally.

But, unfortunately, my puppy reasons like a puppy, and she keeps looking back at me each time I call her name, sees ME sprinting, and assumes I'M running away from the same scary noise, so she just keeps on booking it.

We eventually make it to my kid's school (a route she knows), at which point she finally stops, I get her leash, we walk back home, close the garage, and re-start the whole walking process.

So much for some "zone 1" activity.  After it was done, I discovered my fight-or-flight had gotten tripped, because I was wiped out on a nervous system level.  BUT, my cardio held out totally fine.  I was pleased with my sprinting performance, so that's pretty cool.

Otherwise, got in my daily push ups and squats, and got to eat at my favorite buffet again.  Took the kiddo out to see the Dogman movie, which was honestly much better than I expected.  I liked it more than Sonic 3.