Tomorrow, I will be starting Sandy's blog back up......she will be blogging everyday during the month of May with her healthy tips and recipes, dog moves, etc so tune in to her blog.......
As far as today, I ran a nice easy 5 miles with Scout, spent sometime at the dogpark.....and thought of some ideas for Sandy's daily blogs......while doing a little spring cleaning to get ready for some of Sandy's videos.
There will be some recipe blogs that are not only good for dogs but for people......YES- I believe in sharing a good meal or treat with my dogs.
And with summer coming, we all want to sit outside and spend time with our dogs. There will also be blogs on doing Doga with your dog, walking with your dog. And the life story of Sandy.
There will be blogs about living in the moment, and the little things in life we can do to really get the most out of life. So tune in tomorrow for Sandy's new month of daily blogs!
And I will be blogging here.....with updates on my training....and all I am up to with challenges and all!
Today I will be starting my daily blogs here these will also be posted on my Facebook page and twitter and all BUT it will follow my daily training regiment for my upcoming marathon and other races. It will also follow any and all health related stuff I am getting into. I will be talking about my Vegan lifestyle and how my dogs are included safely in on this lifestyle, I will include research on the topic (cold hard facts). And I will include as many photos and videos as possible so that you can see not just read everything I have to offer. I will be talking about my fundraiser and my book (which is also part of the fundraiser- see below for that info....)
Anyhow, most recently I have been concentrating on training for a marathon with Scout. We are in our 13 week of training, the marathon will take place on May 24th. The route will go from Smithtown to Calverton here on Long Island. Basically, we will be running along Smithtown By Pass to Middle Country Rd turning onto two other roads to get to Kent Animal Shelter where we will finish......We hope to start running early on Sunday morning so as to avoid as much traffic as possible. Today we have a short 8 mile training run where we will be running the first mile of the course BUT going off towards St James and back......
As of now we only have a grand total of 6 "long" runs, I am considering anything 10 miles or over to be a "long" run. the rest of the week looks like this......
Today- 8miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- 5 miles
Saturday- 22 Miles (yes, this is our peak week before the marathon)
Sunday- REST
Monday- REST
Next week looks like this:
Tuesday- 10 miles
Wednesday- 8 miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- 4 miles
Saturday- 16 miles
Sunday- REST
The following week goes like this:
Monday- 5 miles
Tuesday- 3.25 miles
Wednesday- 7 miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- 4 miles
Saturday- 12 miles
Sunday- REST
and then our final week or MARATHON week looks like this:
Monday- 5 miles
Tuesday- 10 miles
Wednesday- 4 miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- REST
Saturday- 2 miles
Sunday- MARATHON
What then?.....Make sure to tune in everyday to find out more details on our training.....and what comes up next- YES we do have something in store for after the MARATHON!
Don't forget about our fundraiser for the shelter that helped me find my furever home!
You can help us help them out (did I just go all Jerry Maguire on you all there?!?!?).....anyway click on these links and you can buy our book- in fact, we will start instead of just the month of May- we will extend it from April 15 to May 24th and with every book sold we will donate a portion of the proceeds to Kent Animal Shelter......
This Groundhog day was rainy, snowy, icy, and cold....so it was a day to stay indoors......a perfect time......to do some organizing.......so I started to go through some papers that I had to and found a lot to be stuff I really didn't need or have a purpose and was just taking up space......
Having the day inside, I got to go through a lot of stuff and really ask myself if things were serving a purpose and found a lot of things I had were no longer of use and/ or worn, torn, etc......so I ended up getting rid of a lot!
When going through things it is always best to have separate piles- a keep pile, a maybe pile (which you will be asking yourself have I used this is or will I use this in the last/ next year), and the discard pile....
Anyway, I have been actively organizing my house and life and it is slowly coming around!
Organization is the key to this household this month.....
I want to go from this chaos to the clean, neat, uncluttered photo below........going through things I do not necessarily need and are taking up space and getting rid of stuff and keeping the things I use and need and keeping things neat and orderly. This is a TALL order to keep but as the days go on......I know I can do it!.....I have already gone through a lot of things and the garbage man will definitely be busy this week of things I just feel are serving no purpose in my life anymore. And have had served their purpose already!.
The clutter will let my dogs and I live in a cleaner, happier, and healthier home and let us remodel the house the way that we will be happiest! Right now the piles are happening, but in the next few weeks we will get rid of the piles and organize everything so that we can work, play, amd live the way we always wanted to.
This is a clean, organized workout area.....
a nice example of how the rest of the house will look like soon!
Check back tomorrow to see how we conquer more of our organizing and cleaning.....yes this is our Pre Spring Cleaning!
Well the New Year is upon us! 2014 is here, out with 2013....in with a BRAND NEW YEAR- and 2014 as one of my friends pointed out- is the year of the horse, bounds to bring us all lots of LUCK and good times. Whether it's losing those 10 pounds, achieving that PR in the upcoming race, taking your career to the next step, spending more time with love ones (pets, family, and/or friends), whatever it is- it is up to you (or for myself- it's up to me to step to bat and take the appropriate steps to get there!)
Here are some tips to make those resolutions stick:
1- Write them down- WAIT, WAIT, WAIT....that's not it, keep that list (whether it's 1 or 100 things on that list...KEEP IT VISIBLE EVERYDAY so you can see it and hold yourself accountable for sticking with it!)
2- Visualize what meeting or keeping those resolutions will bring you- if it's losing those 10 pounds- cut out photos and put them next to your resolution above....or think about and visualize playing at the dogpark with your dog- jumping all around, running all around- as others envy your energy level and want to join in....
3- Set realistic goals for yourself.....if you want to go VEGAN- GREAT go for it!....BUT consider making smaller steps at first to get there why not make a meatless monday stick for a few months, then add a dairyfree Wednesday.....ease into vegetarianism, which will later become living a healthy and happy (and compassionate) VEGAN lifestyle
4- If you fall off the wagon, just (as they say) pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again! There is no shame in falling off the wagon- it's just part of your journey and (who knows it make make a GREAT book one day, or even a great blog now!)
5- Get some support to help you through it all. There are health coaches all over the place that will help you through it all and get you to meeting that goal!
These are just a few things to consider as you start off 2014 with your clean slate. I know I am taking my own advice here. You can follow me on facebook- Pamela Schmidlin, twitter- theDogRunner, Pinterest- Pamela Schmidlin, Instagram- Pamela Schmidlin, Path- Pamela Schmidlin, and Linked In- Pamela Schmidlin.
Until tomorrow, stick with it....have a great New Year's Day and enjoy your life to the max!
By Pamela Schmidlin, CHHC, Professional Photographer/ Videographer, Professional Dog Trainer
Welcome to October! To bring in this month, we start it off with a bang- World Vegetarian Day! This is a kick off for Vegetarian Awareness Month as well!
What does it mean to me to be vegetarian?
To me being a vegetarian or in my case a VEGAN, means being conscious of the everyday choices I make and knowing the impact they have on the animals, the environment, ME, and yes, even YOU! I want to make educated choices in my life that will have a positive impact on everything. Now granted I am not perfect but being an informed consumer and making those choices I can make a HUGE difference in the world around me EVERYDAY of my life!
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi
"Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it... If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." ~ St Francis of Assisi
Being a vegetarian/ vegan, to me means to treat ALL living beings with kindness and compassion. I feel killing an innocent cow or chicken is no different than killing a human being. We all feel, love, and live in the same world. We all breathe the same air.
Things you can do for World Vegetarian Day 2013 are:
to go meatless for the day (if not longer)- give it a try,
gather your friends together and talk about your reason(s) for wanting to make a change in your life and serve some easy simple vegetarian recipes found at www.peta.org, in recipe books, etc.,
visit your local farms and get to know some farm animals personally,
watch the videos on peta.org to see where you food really comes from.
Think about your everyday choices and how they affect the world around you, and think about whether or not you can live with your decisions.
There are so many options out there today for vegetarians and vegans alike. From veggie burgers, rices, pastas, and your vegan junk foods (like Doritos and Twizzlers!) to your good ole fruits and veggies. Just like anything you can spend a little or alot. Making a bowl of pasta, or rice with veggies is simple, easy, delicious, nutritious, and satisfying. So check out some new vegetarian recipes online, some of my past videos on YouTube, and head on out to the store or farmers market (better yet!) and see what great finds you can find out there to help you make the best Doggone Healthy Choices you can make for all!
Check out my brief video on World Vegetarian Day here:
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