Heat Wave

It's been a week since my last bruised and bloody post. I'm STILL bruised, but less bloody :-) All of a sudden summer seems to be flying by, and I'm trying to make the most of it. Between training, greyhound walks and puppy walks, I'm outside whenever I'm not at work.

After a week of intervals (ouch) I was able to get some mountain bike action on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday I took my El Mariachi out for a 2.5 hour ride and then on Sunday I hooked up with my friends Bonnie and Barry for 5 hours on my Selma. I'm lucky enough to have 3 different trails (Cannonsburg, Egypt Valley and Luton) within riding distance and we did the trifecta.

The hardest part of the ride was trying to keep up with Bonnie and Barry on the road while riding my SS. I had to spin my brains out on each downhill, and actually looked forward to any sort of incline.

And shade. After riding on the road being on a trail covered by trees felt amazing!

Bonnie and Barry riding at Luton....
My legs were complete toast by the end of our ride. Even though we mostly rode at an endurance pace, I still had to work hard to get up a few of the climbs.

I came home to find our two dogs (and Scott) chilling in the air conditioning. It's been a few weeks since we've gotten Ben and he's doing really well. He's super good with kids, and really, really happy all of the time. As an added bonus he's stopped trying to lie down in front of oncoming traffic. Thank goodness!!! We still have much to work on with him though. I've already learned that if I don't see or hear Ben it means that he has a sock (or some other sort of gadget) in his mouth. We actually own a baby gate now...something I never thought would be in our home.

Naomi has finally allowed Ben on her "bed" and he spends a lot of time watching her...
I think he's learning some greyhound habits...