Bear Claws and my Frickin Dog

I must say if you want a crazy dog in your life I would opt for a yellow Labrador.

Well mine is 11 years old and goes by the name of "ARIES". After the Greek God of War, but has been more like the God of Chaos in my house.

So I'm finally getting over coming home one day and my wife telling me he trashed my room where I keep everything sacred. Meaning my triathlon and Ultra running gear.

So I went to the local store to get ready for my last 50 miler for the year.

Cool, a whole box of Cliff bloks, margarita flavor, my favorite. I guess my dog's favorite as well. The only thing left was a box of wrappers and his calling card outside in the yard.

So before leaving work Friday, I visited the vending machine. Oh, I'm in heaven, the lost "Bear Claw" has finally been put back in the vending machine after 4 months. I have a big sweet tooth and plucked that sucker out of the vending machine and brought it home and placed it in a safe place, so I thought anyway.

Then I come home, my frickin dog somehow got on top of a chair and ate my slice of heaven. Okay he has finally put me on the edge,

GRRRRRRRR... Anybody want a house broken Labrador who eats like a triathlete and runner. He comes with manly falsies.

So on the training realm. Not much to report, it has been hard getting the long miles in lately. I still have one more 50k scheduled for the end of the year, so I'm just hoping my consistent running will be good enough, because right now my long trail runs aren't happening just yet.

Yes, the 100 mile Ultra Marathon is still on the race schedule for '08 thou. I figure the more I talk about it the easier it might seem. But I have narrowed it down to an easier 100 (if there is such a thing) and pretty much hard ass 100 miler. So hopefully I will get my Ultra MOJO back up to speed in the next few week to start some sort of training schedule for this 24+ hour run.

For now, short trail runs and trying to say hello to some of my friends along the way while exploring around the trails. I think I see BAMBI..