 DISTANCE: 11.40 km . DURATION: 1:09:35
Today, Lucy and I were joined by my dad again, which means that once again, I was the slow third wheel! The warm air and clear paths had Lucy in the mood to run and run she did! We avoided residential areas again in order to stay dry and clean. And to our delight, we had the park pretty much to ourselves! Running into the wind got a little cool, but by that point we were pretty hot and sweaty. Lucy rolled in the snow a few times to cool off and play around, but she was too focused on running to linger too long. We ended up with one of our further and faster runs which hopefully tuckered her out as much as it did me! From her constant smiles, I know that she at least has a great time! Thanks for the run Lucy! Have a good nap! 1 pee and no poops. Runner: Laura
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 DISTANCE: 10.14 km . DURATION: 1:10:31
Today, Lucy and I enjoyed a long slow run together through Confluence Park. It was a nice change of pace for both of us since we’ve been doing faster, and sometimes shorter runs through residential areas. Surprisingly, there were no other dogs in the park except for two old Shitzus on their noon stroll. The biggest benefit of the park is that it is totally free of slush, sand, and salt! The only issues were ice-balls because Lucy refuses to do her business anywhere except off the path in snow. Plus, we hadn’t been there for so long that there were lots of things to sniff! Towards the end of the run, Lucy started to get some sneezes so we headed home. When we got back, we ran into Dad and a friend doing hill repeats which was VERY exciting for Lucy. Then, when we got home, we ran into a neighbour who knows and loves Lucy which was also VERY exciting! All in all, it was a nice peaceful run that ended on two very high and exciting notes! Thanks Lucy! 2 pees, no poops. Runner: Laura  DISTANCE: 10.53 km DURATION: 1:04:31
Lucy, Dad, and I enjoyed such an awesome warm run! The breeze even felt warm! Lucy was so excited to see Dad again that the first kilometre was run sideways so that she could grin up at him. They are so speedy together that it takes all I have to keep up to them! By the end of the run, I was so tired and hot (too many layers! What a good problem to have!) that I just laid on the pavement. Sprinting up a 1K long hill after Dad so that Lucy could stay close, definitely did me in! Lucy enjoyed finally being warm enough to roll in the snow, and enjoyed the ability to stretch her legs a little and push our pace. There were a few ice-balls by they end, but she was still so happy to be out that they didn't even matter. I can't wait for our next run! Thanks Lucy! 2 pees and no poop. Runner: Laura
 DISTANCE: 10.26 DURATION: 1:13:13
Today, Lucy and I enjoyed what one of her neighbours called 'reasonable weather'. This was actually a really apt description because while both Lucy and I were warm at the beginning of our run, it did cool off quite a bit by the end. Lucy was so warm that she even rolled in the snow waiting for crosswalk lights a couple times! It was warm enough that we ventured pretty far from home today, but not so warm that I wanted to head into the parks. That wind is chilly! It was a lovely, enjoyable run as always, and only a couple things really happened. First, Lucy spotted a Halloween decoration that someone left up and was VERY alert. She had good flying skeleton sense! Second, there was a very interesting smell coming from the golf course that Lucy could not get enough of. Third, once we got back home, the plumber (one of Lucy's favourite people) was there! He was working on a neighbour's place, but stopped to give Lucy some well-earned post-run belly rubs. It was great to get out onto some new paths, and Lucy loved jumping over snowbanks every chance she could get. I have to admit, I did too! Thanks for a wonderful Friday run Lucy! Have a great weekend! 1 pee and 1 poop. Runner: Laura 
 DISTANCE: 9.76 km. DURATION: 1:05:43
Today, Lucy and I finally were able to properly stretch our legs and stay out for the whole hour. We tried our best to keep out of the deeper snow because ice balls were a real issue today, and we ended up finding a path someone had shovelled off on one of our favourite routes! It was one shovel-width wide and went around the whole lake. Talk about good luck! We also found another word for 'Words with Lucy' - she gets an A+ for being a good dog! After our run (which was led by Lucy, as evident by the awesome map), we went inside for some belly rubs. I brought my finisher's medal from the Hypothermic Half Marathon that was on Saturday because I almost exclusively trained for it by running Lucy and other dogs. Thanks for being an awesome training buddy Lucy! I hope you're enjoying your warm nap! 1 pee and 1 poop. Runner: Laura 
  DISTANCE: 6 km DURATION: 1 hour
Today started out on a really high note for Lucy as all of her favourite people (who aren't her owner) all came to say hi. We started our run by walking Dad back to his office (he came over to say hi), and then headed through Country Hills which is a neighbourhood we don't often go through. We found a 'Words with Lucy' word that was spot on for her attitude about the cold today - she has a first place attitude! Right after that her feet started getting cold, so we hurried home and did Lucy's least favourite thing to do with me: stair repeats. I had mercy though, and after 10 minutes of stairs to warm up, we went back out. Once her feet started to get cold again, we went inside for some play-time! We played keep away around the living room and if I found a ball under her couch, then all the stair repeats were forgiven! I was getting a little tired so I laid down on the floor and we had some floor snuggles until I had to go. Her version on this is to run around like crazy and then somersault into me at warp speed, and then wiggle around until I get up and give her belly rubs. She has more character every time I see her. She is definitely a highlight of my week. Thanks Lucy! 1 pee, no poops. Runner: Laura 
 DISTANCE: 8.73 km DURATION: 58:59
If Disney ever remakes 'Snow Dogs', they need to cast Lucy! She loved jumping through all the drifts and snow banks today. Her only weakness is ice balls in her feet, but she defeats them by eating them after I pick them out. She was on high alert for bunnies, and even led me straight to the last place we saw a bunny at the very beginning of our run! No bunnies today. Although she did think that a rock, a big chunk of ice from a car, and a pathway light that had fallen over were all worth thoroughly investigating. The pathway light made me laugh because she was a little nervous of it and crept up to it like it was going to jump up and scare her. Her back feet got cold again, so we headed straight home with a few feet warm-up stops. If she had booties she'd run all day! Today's 'Words with Lucy' is Canadian! She was a true Canadian pupper today! Although I'm sure if the bus came while we were taking that picture she would have been more than happy to ride it home! She makes me laugh. At home, we had about 5 solid minutes of belly rubs and played some keep-away with one of her toys. It was a great way to end the week and to end a really cold run! Thanks girl! You're one tough cookie! 1 pee, no poops. Runner: Laura
 DISTANCE: 8.14 km DURATION: 57:41
Today's run was Lucy's choice for a very good reason. Whenever she chooses the route, she gets very excited and runs ahead of me, which makes it super easy to watch her feet for ice balls! We had a little cold foot issue when we were the furthest away from home (of course) so we hurried back and had some play-time in her house. Since we did a fairly good distance, there was no need for stair repeats! Fun Laura was back! Our biggest excitement today was seeing a rabbit not once, but twice! Lucy was VERY excited but not super happy that she wasn't allowed to bark at it or chase it. I caught a picture of her looking back at me right after the rabbit disappeared and her face was not amused. She cracks me up! Not much else happened today. It was a lovely hour as always. Thanks Lucy! 1 pee and 2 poops. Runner: Laura
Today Lucy and I braved the cold for about 20 minutes before she started lifting her paws. We took it really slow so that her lungs wouldn’t struggle with the cold, but we did manage a little bit of running. My Garmin died pretty much immediately, so we just went around the block until she took care of business and then we hurried back inside. Since she’s a high energy dog, she of course, wanted to go right back outside but ‘No Fun Laura’ (as she probably now thinks of me) wouldn’t let her. Instead, I decided that we should do stair repeats! We did about 10 full repeats (up and down counted as 1) before she started to get pretty tired. Lucy. at first LOVED it, then was confused by it, and then hated it. She even stopped at a window and looked out longingly at one point! After this, we went back home for some play/wrestle/snuggle time. We played keep-away with her fish, chased each other around the coffee table, had countless belly rubs, and worked on some sitting and staying. I don’t think she’s very tired, but I know that once the endless stairs stopped, she had a great time! It was a nice change of pace for me too! Thanks Lucy! 1 pee and 1 poop. Runner: Laura
 DISTANCE: 10.35 km DURATION: 1:12:34
Hello winter! One of the biggest perks about this job is that I'm forced to go outside on days I otherwise wouldn't, and I'm always really pleasantly surprised at how nice out it is! Case in point, today's hour with Lucy! We definitely took it easy, and halfway through the run we had a quick pit stop back at home to do an ears-belly-paw check before heading back out. Out of the wind, it was a beautiful, soft, winter day. In the wind, it was a little cold, so we stuck to the low ground or residential areas wherever we could. There were no other walkers or dogs out, so we pretty much had the whole neighbourhood to ourselves! Well, us and all of the snow-shovelers which Lucy found very interesting to stare at. We found a community garden area as well, but unlike those in Vancouver today, there are no flowers here! In Confluence Park, she immediately found a stick and then carried it for over 4k! This beats her previous stick-carrying record of 2k. She very proudly carried it through the park and back home, but unfortunately, there were no other dogs or people to admire it. That's ok though! Into 'Lucy's Stick Cache' it goes! She was such a champ today! We were able to go pretty far before it became uncomfortable. It was a perfect mid-winter run! Thanks Lucy! 2 poops and 1 pee. Runner: Laura
 DISTANCE: 9.90 km DURATION: 1:07:29
Today I was definitely the slow one! Lucy and my dad (who joined us for the full 10k) were a pair of speedsters and if not for me being attached to Lucy, then they would have left me in the dust! She was so excited to see him again that she ran right by him so that they were almost touching - just in case he went away again. We enjoyed the absolutely gorgeous day with a quick loop up and around Murderhorn, and all three of us were definitely in the mood to run. Lucy really enjoyed being able to run and roll on bare grass. We ended our run by dropping Dad off at his work, where Lucy begged to be allowed to become a food inspector too! Her plan was to be so adorably friendly that he would have no choice but to take her with him. Sorry girl! You're stuck with me! Lucy and I had lots of pets and snuggles back at home, and I made sure she had a drink of water before I left because while I can dress for the weather, she is always wearing her winter coat. I think she was asleep before I even made it out the door! Thanks for a great run Lucy! I hope you're having sweet dreams! 1 pee and 1 poop (and 1 pooped runner!) Runner: Laura
 DISTANCE: 10.26 km DURATION: 1:10:42
Today, Lucy and I decided to enjoy this gorgeous January weather in Confluence Park. The good news was that there was no chance of coyotes today, but the bad news was that there was no chance of coyotes because there were dozens of people in the park with off-leash dogs. This is bad news because Lucy likes the idea of playing with other dogs, but doesn't really like it when they get too close. We weaved and zig-zagged around until we made it through, and then we picked some of the less-traveled trails to continue our run on. The good news here is that there were no other off-leash dogs, but bad news was that the paths were less-traveled because they were solid ice! All this within the first 3k! We then dropped down to another path and had a very relaxing rest of our run. She hung out right beside me and we just calmly ran along enjoying the sights (me) and smells (Lucy). When we went back home through the park, lunch break must have been over because we were the only ones there. It was a very relaxing way to end off what started as a very exciting run! Thanks Lucy! 1 pee and 1 poop. Runner: Laura 
  DISTANCE: 10.03 km . DURATION: 1:05:28
Today Lucy and I tackled one of our favourite runs at high speed! She literally pulled me up the last few hundred meters of the hill! We enjoyed a speedy downhill as well, and ended our run with an easy last km. The snow made for perfect periodic cool-downs for Lucy, and the stop was very welcomed by me. I think the warmth definitely got to both of us because we were sweating and panting by the time we got back home. The post-run zoomies ended up being post-run snuggles during her bucket bath. This run was fairly uneventful, or if anything was happening, we ran too fast to notice! I did find another word for 'Words with Lucy' - she's a star! Thanks for an awesome run Lucy! 1 pee and 1 poop. Runner: Lucy   DISTANCE: 9.90 km . DURATION: 1:14:28 Today, Lucy and I had a special guest for the first 5 km of our run - my dad! He often runs out of his office near by and we finally bumped into him! Lucy loved getting double the pets and attention, but was initially unsure of why this random guy just started running with us. He took our frozen face picture outside his office, and we continued on with our run. It was beautiful out, even with the wind. Lucy would've been a speedy girl but my sore back made us fairly slow, which ended up being great for her because it meant more sniffing! She found a perfect stick with lots of little branches that she could tear off. She carried it for quite a ways. We ended up stashing it along out route for next time. She didn't get as tired from this run as from others we've done, but her smiling face means she liked it anyway! Thanks Lucy! 1 pee and 1 poop. Runner: Laura
 DISTANCE: 11.32 km . DURATION: 1:13:32
Today was apparently 'Blue Monday', but whoever came up with that didn't have a run with Lucy! It was PERFECT conditions - the temperature, the sunlight, the soft cool air, everything was wonderful for Lucy and me so we both couldn't resist adding on a little extra distance.One of Lucy's favourite places is the big bus depot by the theatre in Country Hills. For some reason, she LOVES prancing by everyone waiting for their bus! Since the last week of runs have been fairly hard, I decided to treat her to not one, but two visits to the bus depot. We enjoyed one of our fastest descents of Murderhorn yet, and for once had the entire pathway to ourselves. Our only iffy moment was when I accidentally kicked the leash onto Lucy's nose and 'lassoed' her! Needless to say, she gave me pretty good side-eye as she shook it off and my laughing hard didn't improve her mood. But she's such a good girl that the moment the leash was off she was happy and prancing through the snow again. She was in patrol mode and sniffed her way through our entire 11km. The slush meant that she got a bucket bath and towel time once we got home, which was great for both of us because it meant post-run snuggles. Thanks for a wonderful run Lucy! 2 pees and 1 poop. Runner: Laura |
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