Was That A False Alert?

I ran the LA Marathon on Sunday. My day started at 4:15 am with a cup of coffee, a banana and a Cliff bar. That is a pretty typical breakfast for me before a long run. Once we got to Dodger Stadium (the starting line) I had a second banana. Once the race starts, every 5 miles I consume a GU energy gel and drink some NUUN Hydration drink in an effort to maintain and consume about 40-60 carbs an hour.

Thank you Major and Raven

Scene from a morning run at Puddingstone

I'm going to run the LA Marathon this Sunday. This is not my first marathon, and it won't be my last. But I am in better shape for this one then I have been in the past, and I owe a lot of that to these 2 dogs.

In training for this race, I've been running 5-6 times a week since December. On 90% of those runs, I have had atleast 1, and often both of these dogs with me.

Running with DADs

If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise ~ Unknown

I exercise our DAD's a lot. I'm a runner, hence the name of the blog, and most of my runs include at least one, and often both of our DAD's. I'm in training for the LA Marathon (which is less then 2 weeks away!) so I have been running upwards of 40 miles a week for the past several weeks. Major runs about 25-30 of those with me and Raven runs 18-20. I'll explain the difference later.

Welcome!

It's been a long time since I've done this with any frequency. One could even say it was a different lifetime ago.

So, who am I? I'm a dad of 2 beautiful kids. My wife and I have a boy and a girl, and our daughter is a type 1 diabetic and has Asperger's (a high functioning form of autism). In order to help us keep her blood sugar in check, we have 2 service dogs, or Diabetic Alert Dogs, better known as DAD's.