Sunday, August 19, 2007

Running and reining-in the pooches

Lisa's first week at school was extra busy as we're had our first taste of dog-sitting. The kids arrive in her classroom tomorrow (argh!) but hopefully they are slightly lower intensity than Texas Ted Wu's pooches, Ty and Lucey. They're GREAT dogs if a little mischievous, and we've enjoyed having them around and taking them out for walks - especially when we can take them off the leash and relax a little! I feel like much manlier driving Ted's pickup with a couple of ddogs too ;-)

Ty showing Lisa some love. Lucey's seen it all before.


Lucey, Dan and Ty hangin' in the Chena Ridge crib, yo.

Otherwise, training for the Equinox marathon, chugging along at work, fitting in a bit of exploring and a new route at the local climbing area, and enjoying very nice late-summer weather.

Moutain madness: Equinox marathon course. The vertical gain from start to top is about 600m. Typical times are about 30 min slower than a road marathon.

A month now before Lise's parents arrive en-route to the rugby world cup in France. We're really looking forward to seeing them and spending a few days tripping around the highlights between Anchorage, Seward, Denali Park and Fairbanks.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like the sound of that run. Go hard.

No surprises to see the scene in the second photo. Forget the truck-driving; there's nothing manly about that limp wrist. Ty was wise to jilt your gratuitous reach for dog-love - clearly seen it all before ...