We are, for now, in a decent place with Bandit. He seems to be feeling perkier and we’ve narrowed it down to meds in tuna 3 x day with 3 small meals a day — and he’s eating better. Before it was like 6 mini meals which he wouldn’t even necessarily eat plus the meds in tuna . . . a decent week of fitness too, despite the heat and high humidity! Oh yeah, that trip to my mom on the fourth, too.

I’m joining Kim @ Kimrunsonthefly and Deborah @ Confessionsofamotherrunner and feeling groovy while I can.

Workouts update

• Monday: Yoga (30 min), 4 miles easy, Dogwalk
• Tuesday: Yoga (40 min), Short hike @ Montgomery Place, Short walk @ Hudson River Skywalk, Bed Yoga (20 min)
• Wednesday: Yoga (30 min), Dogwalk+, Pilates with Weights (20 min)
• Thursday: Yoga (30 min), 4 miles easy, Pilates PM (15 min)
• Friday: Yoga (30 min), 2 recovery miles, Dogwak, Pilates (15 min)
• Saturday: Yoga (40 min), Dogwalk+, Lots of Yoga (filming, finally) <== sort of a rest day
• Sunday: Yoga (30 min), Dogwalk+, some form of ST late and maybe some SB

Running Mileage: 10 (+1) 

PB = Killer B
TM = Treadmill
WU = warmup
CD = cooldown
SB = Stationary Bike

Running Update

Monday intention: use the shade from the clouds to go long-er
Too bad it was actually very humid — low 70s with 87% humidity. That cloud cover helped tremendously. I really thought this was going to be a very slow run — it was just my normal slow, LOL, but it sure took something out of me for a bit!

Note to self: I hadn’t had any Nuun, and I meant to take a couple of Saltstick Chews before the run, but forgot to. When I stopped roughly halfway to take a photo, I had to stop longer because I was feeling a bit lightheaded — I was fine through the rest of the run. I also should have used the 10 oz water bottle (hello Summer, again!).

Thursday intention: use a shady path to go long-er again
I didn’t get out with the sunrise (which was very red), but I did get out there somewhat early. Thank goodness, because by the end of this run it was 80F feels like 84. Except for maybe the last mile or so, this run, while slow, went pretty well — best of all, I didn’t feel so wiped out afterwards.

Note to self: I heeded the note I wrote to myself above (on a cooler run!). I drank some Nuun before this run, in addition to my regular morning beverages (warm lemon water and green tea). I took my Saltstick Chews with me, and had two before the run. I wore my cooling neck gaiter. I stopped at my car right before I finished, to have another Saltstick chew and refill my water bottle. And I had another 2 chews before heading home. The path I chose was nice and shady, too, for the most part — this run in my own neighborhood could have been a death march (not too much shade).

Friday intention: recover
Whew! I did it — all three runs outside on a brutally hot and humid week. This one was a proper recovery run. Do I really need a recovery run from 4 miles? No, probably not. Just still slowly rebuilding so it works for me.

Favorites of the week
Bandit actually attempted to initiate “play” with a much larger dog on our walk on Friday. Just a few short weeks ago he wasn’t even wanting to walk (one of the things he loves).

Other than that there’s not a whole lot going on in my life except the normal stuff. Although we did finish up both 1923 and 1883 (in that order) on Paramount+, and Silo on Apple+ — all of which I recommend. We didn’t like the first episode of 1883 we watched, but then went on to watch 1923 and had to revisit 1883 and stuck with it and ultimate enjoyed it.

I am now pressuring Mr. Judy to get Peacock so we can watch Yellowstone, which is what I wanted in the first place. Of course we’ve missed the Summer deal we didn’t take because Mr. Judy read about the ads on Peacock. Guess what? Paramount+ has them too. Which upsets me — why do we have to pay for something with ads? But it’s cheaper than renting all four seasons of Yellowstone.

Not so favorite? On the 90F drive home from my mom, the check oil light came on about 30 minutes from home. Luckily Mr. Judy is generally prepared for that kind of stuff, so he talked me through popping the hood on his car & I added the oil he had in the car. Although I did have to ask a stranger to get the top off of the oil pan in the car — it was on there very tightly — and even he almost wasn’t able to do it! I swear that car hates me.

ICYMI: Above is one of my new favorite moves to help release arm tension and increase immunty too (by getting the lymph flowing) — click here for the video (live at 8 am). I also led a very short before sleep practice in my FB group this week — it’s what I do before bed (and in bed!) on the days I run — the replay is available in the group, which you can join here.

Coming up next Week: I may actually have a product review! Or not. Stay tuned.