It has been too long since I've been able to get out and run alone. Well, the dog came, but there were no children, no hefty stroller, no raisins; just me, the dog, and some tunes. I don't listen to music when I have the chitlins, they tend to panic if I don't answer them. Not hysterically, their "Mommy. Mommy! Mommy!! MOMMY!!!!"'s get said/whined faster and louder as no answer is heard. I love to hear what they have to say, but gee whiz, a girl needs to breath. For some reason I feel as though I go slower when I do not have the stroller to push. Dixie, the dog, denied this theory. She was running two-by-two as opposed to her usual trot. Also, for a breed that is supposed to be high energy and difficult to control, she is hard to move when she lays down. She has figured out the troughs though. I still have to scoop water to her mouth for her, but atleast she puts her feet up on the edge by herself. When I have the stroller, I can carry her bowl so she was waiting for it when we stopped. Any who, it was nice. I need to progress to more than two times a week now. I am waiting for the weather to cool a bit more. I can't let the kiddos or the dog overheat right?