Silly puppy doesn't sleep very long!

My husband and I got our very first puppy a week ago. He is as cute as can be and we lucked out with him, he is very smart! He has only had about 5-6 accidents in the week we have had him and he can already understand "Sit" and plays fetch. His name is Miles (after Miles Davis), he is 11 weeks old and is a Boxer/Lab mix. Too cute.

How does this correlate with my runs you ask? Well apparently having a puppy is somewhat like having a baby, he is whiny and sleeps only about 5 hours during the night. Because of this I missed BOTH my track workout on Tuesday morning and my tempo run on Thursday. The funny part of it is that I actually got up, dressed, drove to the track, AND PARKED on Tuesday before I decided I was too tired and went back home. There was an hour of wasted sleep time. I should have pulled my lazy butt out of the car and ran!

Yesterday was our long, slow distance run of 6 miles. I ran with my new best running buds, Andrea, Courtney, and Krista. I think we make a great little running group! Our pace group was running at about 11:30 with 5/1 walking splits. It was a really nice run but humid as hell. When I got home, I took the time I ran the 6 miles and figured that if I had used the 5/1 split during the Minnie Marathon, my time would have been about 10 minutes faster! Walking breaks are so wonderful, in so many ways.

On Friday, Wil (my husband) and I are heading up to a cabin in Tennessee for about 4 days for our 2 year anniversary (it isn't until July 30 though). I can't wait, I am not bringing a single book for school, I am not thinking about work either. I am just going to chill and reread the Harry Potter Series for the 7th time, since the 7th book comes out in 25 days!!! Miles may or may not be with us for the trip, not sure yet. Anywho, the trip will mean I miss my long run on Saturday (8miles) and my track work on Tuesday. I am going to definitely try to get those 8 miles in, though they may be spread out over 2 days or so.