Trail run

Ian and I ran in our first race this weekend. It was a 5k trail run. This is a little different than a regular 5k because we were actually running through trails in the woods of Virginia's Explore Park in Roanoke. Overall, it was a lot of fun. We woke up early enough to have a second breakfast, which is always amazing. We had to leave the post-race festivities a little early because Ian decided to do some extra stuff for his work and wanted to be there by noon. Too bad we left early too, because it turns out that Ian got first place in his age group and would have got a medal. Oh well, I guess there are always more 5ks to win. Check out the photo of the two of us after the race.


The weather was so nice this weekend that we got outside on Sunday as well, but this time it was with our bicycles. We always felt bad about biking, because we were having so much fun outside and we had to leave Neit behind. But Ian looked into a solution to this problem and of course found the answer. Its called a "springer" (I think). It attaches to your bike and you hook your dog up to it. There is a quick release just in case something should go wrong and your dog needs to detach from you. We took it out for a test run and it actually works really well. The spring minimizes that impact of any jerks or lunges Neit tries to take (like when he sees other dogs). And if you keep him moving, he doesn't really have time to think about going after other dogs. Here are a few pics.



We are happy that we have found a way to take Neit with us on our bike rides. Plus, he actually gets to run, and fast, so we feel like he is getting some good exercise in. All in all, we had a good weekend. We hope the weather keeps up the mild temperatures so we can have more outside adventures to report on.