Eight Months Old & Sixty Pounds!
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Eight Months Old & Sixty Pounds! - Lemmy.World
Our “little man” is a mighty mutt who’s a mix of eight breeds (about half of his
DNA is Siberian Husky and Mountain Cur). We believe he was malnourished and ill
when the shelter first took him, and it temporarily stunted his growth. He was
projected to max out at 55 pounds when we adopted him at 15 weeks. Now it looks
more likely he’ll be between 80-90 pounds. We never had a dog that large before!
Right now is a trying time, but I’m reminding myself that eleven years ago we
had a puppy who was the same age, but even more challenging, and he turned out
to be a wonderful dog. This guys is incredibly curious and soooo clever. He
wanted a piece of plastic wrap he found on the floor. I took it from him and
pocketed it. He later hopped up on the couch and appeared to snuggle. It was a
ploy to pickpocket me! XD It feels like having a large destructive furry
toddler—including our house looking a bit trashed and planning the day around
naps. I feel like I’m failing to train him (though I know his hormonal
distractedness will pass), but I’m trying to appreciate this time as much as
parts of it exhaust me.
So Happy With My 8K Time! - Lemmy.World
Just a small personal victory, and an excellent learning experience. I’m usually
a decent runner for someone who doesn’t put extreme efforts into training. I’ve
often been in the first 1/3 to 1/10 of finishers and have sometimes been at the
top of my age group.
Well, I’ve been struggling really badly with my pace since I had COVID a year
ago, and I had been really careful about getting back into running (took 10
weeks off) as I was so worried it was long-COVID. My pace went up about 2-3
minutes a mile, and I ended up feeling like I was shoved down. This summer I had
to stop mid-run, and that never happened before in all the years I’ve been
running. That’s when I reached out to my doctor. I got my bloodwork done in the
fall, and it turned out I had both anemia and super low vitamin D (both D3 and
D2—even though take a combo calcium/D tablet). In retrospect, it would have been
wise to have my bloodwork done earlier for nutritional deficiencies as COVID
screwed up my periods. I kept getting them every two weeks for a couple months
(totally a guarantee to end up with anemia), but I never thought of it. So I
started taking supplements and noticed within a couple of weeks that my heart
rate started going back down, and my runs felt much easier. When I ran an 8K
last weekend I didn’t PR, but I’m so happy with the time. I did much better than
I thought I would. My pace actually beat my 5K pace from late August! I’m hoping
to speed up over the winter more as I work on my nutrition and upping my
muscle-to-fat ratio.
