New exercise routines

We found a new way to exercise the pup. Being a Labrador new ways to exhaust the guy is a perpetual challenge. A past favorite has been to throw a ball, stick or other terribly exciting object down a big hill. He barrels after it, pounces on it and runs back to you with it hoping with all his heart that you’ll throw it again. Being on a big hill helps you throw the object further and also make the running for the pup harder. You need a big hill though.

This last weekend we struck upon a new method for tiring out our furry bonehead. We start the car, roll down the windows and say, in exciting tones, “hey Sam, wanna go for a ride?!” This gets him all excited and then, as we start to drive away, he tears down the road ahead of us. We keep saying exciting and encouraging things and he keeps running. And running. And man is he fast! He actually broke the speed limit – going uphill! We were on a fairly secluded, tiny road with a speed limit of 15 mph. We clocked Samson at 20 mph. At his reached the crest of the hill he slowed down to 17 mph, then 15 mph, but with the flat picked it right back up.

I was a trifle bit nervous he would get into an accident with a car but he actually was very good. When he rounded a corner ahead of us he would stop and wait and I’m sure he would be able to hear a car coming.

And it worked really well. A few short minutes of sprinting like a cheetah and he was a tired puppy dog the rest of the day.

My personal workout routine is far less exciting. It consists of having a really annoying cough that has me hacking up my lungs all day and even more so all night. It is quite annoying. How am I supposed to get over being sick if I can’t sleep because I’m coughing all night? My abs are getting a serious workout though. They are really sore!