catch me now.

last night oliver hurt himself and made our evening very interesting. when robin came home he showed his typical exhuberance and excitment that his mom was home. he was a naughty dog and jumped up. he lost his balance, hit one of his hind paws on the heater vent (right on the lever that opens and closes the vent). he let out two horrible screams (i've never heard him make a sound like that) and then, after a few seconds...the blood came. turns out he cracked a paw-nail pretty close to the base which caused him to bleed like no other. we superglued it and threw him outside...it held for a while but resumed bleeding. we tried to superglue it again and when we were trying to usher him outside...he got away and ran around the house tracking blood everywhere. finally we fashioned a sock (several socks) and held it in place over his foot. which, if you know oliver, is a form of torture because his favorite thing on this earth is to eat socks. anyway, that was our drama for the night. it seems to not be actively bleeding this morning but hopefully a day in his crate will solidify the clotting.

before that i managed to run some hills. i did a 2.5 mi warm up and then ran 3 sets of 3x150ish meters uphill with about a minute rest between reps and enough rest to breath normal between sets. it wasn't very scientific but it was my first try at it. i forgot the sensations of 'quality' work (if you can call it that). the burn during and the feeling of contentment on the cool down. it was a good workout and my legs feel better this morning than they normally do after my nightly slog. easy 6 tonight and 12 tomorrow in the sunny 45 degree temps.

it's been a rough week and the much needed weekend is almost here.

what's with the badgers playing michigan st. 3 times in 3 weeks?