Running outside

[psyllisa]

So, last week, in lieu of making the trek to the gym to run on the treadmill, I decided to take to the roads by the house. It feels like it should save me time, although I'm not getting into work any earlier than on the gym days. If you'd told me a year ago that I'd be running 3-5 miles every morning, I'd think you were nuts! But even on the

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[mhaithaca]

Not that I have any experience with such things, but I gather dogs do get the hang of being in "running mode" when they've done it a few times. She's still a retriever, so she'll still need some poking around and sniffing everything time, but she'll learn that runs with mom aren't that time.

[hojo1690]

I just did a brief perusal of the web. There are a log of pages with advice on "how to run with your dog". You might want to check them out.

I agree, though, I think she'll learn. :-)