The beginning and why I never run with a dog..

Ok so my friend Nick bet me to run 500 miles over the summer. At first there were no "catches" until I came up with this brilliant idea: how about we run against each other for charity! My thoughts were more or less "why not for a good cause?" though, but same general idea. It began yesterday, May 1, 2010 and goes until August 31,2010.. a rough average of 5miles per day. I figured this would be easy enough since I am training to run a full marathon October 3rd in St.Charles, MO. Yesterday, my first run, reminded me of why I just do not run with my beloved dog Sadie ever! It was terrible!! OK, so I really do not like going to the park by myself after dark so why not take my very protective mutt with me?? I slept from 330pm til about 730pm after I got home from work.. I was very exhausted and when I woke I was like I really need to get a run in!! I was going for 5miles but made it a measely 2.43, not even half way. My run included 3 pee breaks for Sadie, me running back and dragging her by the harness, me yellin "come on!!!!" at her and finally resorting to dropping her off at my car to wait for me to run a little more. As soon as I put her in my car, I took off much too quickly. I was pretty much sprinting, I figured it was for two reasons partly to show off how fast I can run (without my lazy dog) and to hurry back to my car, I REALLY HATE BEING AT THE PARK ALONE AFTER DARK!!! So today, I am meeting up with my friend Tom who I have not seen in quite a few years and we are going to run on the Katy Trail in St.Charles, MO.. I really look forward to this run so I can get a feel for the trail since I will be running it in October at my very first full marathon, the Lewis and Clark Marathon. I will write about the Katy Trail later today or tomorrow.