I hate running...

[Becca]

I hate running but I forced myself to get up a half hour earlier to take the dogs out for a run. I have noticed that my female (german shepard/chow) is getting very disruptive as the weather warms up and my male (german shepard/boxer) is getting fat. The best answer I could come up with was to get up earlier and take them for a short run after my morning tai chi. And it's not like a short run is going to kill me. I just hate running. I guess we'll have to see how long I stick with it. Though if it keeps Sissy from trashing the house while I'm at work, it might be easier than I think to keep it up. The center cushion on my couch can't take much more of her being board...

[5Animals1Path]

That's one of the reasons I wanna get a shepard. I need a running partner to keep me motivated who doesn't talk crap when I get winded before him.

[Becca]

LOL! Can't beet a shepard for that! Although Sonic (male) did whine about being drug out for a run rather than a nice walk. Might have something to do with why he and I are both getting a bit pudgy.

[Becca]

Ok. Gave up tryint to get Sonic to run at more than a slow trot. Every time I try to push him, he plnts his butt and jerks me off ballance- Not the way I like to start my morning and a good way to injure my arm. Again. (He's done it to me before.) So It was just Sissy and I running the last few days. She is definanltly more clam threw the day, but now wants a run at night, too. I think I might need to go find one of those dog leashes for bikes. 2 1 mile runs is not too bad, but doing this everyday for the las 4 days, I have notices that the same old constant ache I get in my upper thieghs is back. I know from various docs that this is raidient pain from my messed up hips.

Any other sugestions?

[bodhitree]

steps:

1 buy frisbee

2 apply peanut butter to fribee

3 let dog smell

4 take outside and throw frisbee



Your dog will now be trained in the art of frisbee catching

[Becca]

I tried. He just looked at it, looked at me, and sat down. The closest thing to exersize I can get the lard-butt to do is a slow trot or some of a doggie confidance course (a-frame and pole weaving only). And at 75 lbs, I can't make him do squat. Thank goodness he's a good natured dog!

Any other ideas? The frizby didn't work for Sissy, either. But she's the one who really needs to burn off excess energy, and I just can't keep up the running. Man, I wish I'd had the sence to listen to my Doc when I was yonger...

[hskwarrior]

Becca,

Take It From Me. I Feel No Matter How Much You Hate Running..........you Would Change Your Mind If In My Shoes.

Personally I'd Give Anything To Be Able To Run Again. Since I Became Paralyzed From The Waist Down, Running Is Only In My Dreams. Literally.

I Know Im Just Butting In, But Trust Me, You'd Think Differently If Your Legs Were To Be Taken From You.

Keep It Up.

Peace

[PangQuan]

Becca,

Take It From Me. I Feel No Matter How Much You Hate Running..........you Would Change Your Mind If In My Shoes.

Personally I'd Give Anything To Be Able To Run Again. Since I Became Paralyzed From The Waist Down, Running Is Only In My Dreams. Literally.

I Know Im Just Butting In, But Trust Me, You'd Think Differently If Your Legs Were To Be Taken From You.

Keep It Up.

Peace

wait...sorry to be so nosey...You're paralyzed?

so you cant walk or stand or anything?

do you still practice upper body stuff?

[PangQuan]

you know, i hate running too.


oi, i ride my bike A LOT, but it doesnt seem to cover what i need and get from running.

reading all this.....I have to go run now.


THANKS!

[PangQuan]

yep, still hate it

[BlueTravesty]

I hate running because my shins are always talking to me when I do it... hence why I tend to gravitate to the stair machines, or the eliptical. Escpecially one over in the corner of the gym that I've nicknamed "the beast" because its lowest resistance level is nightmarish compared to every other eliptical I've ever used... and since the feet move in a more elongated circle, it's a bit more like a jog than the vertical pedaling of most such machines...

I hope when I lose enough weight, my shins might shut up and I can jog without problems.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

wait...sorry to be so nosey...You're paralyzed?

so you cant walk or stand or anything?

do you still practice upper body stuff?

i was curious too hsk. you and i had some discussions way back in the day, but if i remember right didnt you have a video of you doing a form competition not too long ago?

[SanHeChuan]

People have the endurance to run most animals to death. If you start running further everyday or what not, you might have to leave the dogs behind.

OH and it's "ankle".

[bodhitree]

People have the endurance to run most animals to death.

Have you ever owned a dog?


BTW the ankle thing, funny

[Sifu Darkfist]

I hate running but I forced myself to get up a half hour earlier to take the dogs out for a run. I have noticed that my female (german shepard/chow) is getting very disruptive as the weather warms up and my male (german shepard/boxer) is getting fat. The best answer I could come up with was to get up earlier and take them for a short run after my morning tai chi. And it's not like a short run is going to kill me. I just hate running. I guess we'll have to see how long I stick with it. Though if it keeps Sissy from trashing the house while I'm at work, it might be easier than I think to keep it up. The center cushion on my couch can't take much more of her being board...

B]hog tie her and sleep in instead of run[/[/B]