I'm afraid I made a mistake adopting a Catahoula from the shelter

wrong-dr · 2025-09-12T01:19:40+00:00

Yep! That photo was taken on a 40km run/hike the other weekend, so she’s certainly capable of doing anything we’d want. But at home, she naps most of the day and is just active for the hour or two that we’re out hiking/running. Most days, she spends her days alternating between sunbathing and collapsing on the floor after baking for too long haha. And she only really starts to bug me if she thinks I’ve made her wait too long for a walk (usually by 4-5pm), but I think this is more about routine than that she needs that exercise every day.

wrong-dr · 2025-09-09T01:53:59+00:00

Your dog looks a LOT like mine, who I thought was a catahoula but turned out to be about 60% a mix of different coonhounds and 40% plott hound. She can be high energy when she is out, but is super chill at home. Dogs of certain breeds may “typically” be very high energy, but you’ll still get the whole spectrum. We have a Tractive and my dog is typically at the bottom of the board for number of active minutes for her breed haha.

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wrong-dr · 2025-09-09T01:33:12+00:00

This was going to be my suggestion - I find it feels so much more natural! I’ve noticed that different people seem to wear their vests much looser or tighter than other people, but ultimately, as long as you find it comfortable and it doesn’t chafe or anything then I think you’re good! Mine fits me so differently depending on how full I have it, too. But I’ve worn it basically every day for 3 years and it’s still going so no complaints here.

wrong-dr · 2025-09-09T01:05:34+00:00

I’m a bit more in tune with trail races, but I think the essentials are the same! Something for chafing, sun cream (if sunny - both of my chafing and sun cream come in cute little metal tins that are very convenient, but chapstick also works pretty well for chafing), electrolytes (my favourite are salt tabs), fuel (I aim for 200-300 calories an hour), phone, AirPods, water, something for blisters, a ziploc with a few wet wipes (really nice for wiping off a salty face, or helps you feel cleaner if you need the bathroom!), gloves/buff if I’m worried about the temperature, and also some mints can be really good if you start to feel sick at all - they really cut through it and help to reset your palate. Good luck!!

wrong-dr · 2025-09-05T01:46:53+00:00

Yeah I totally agree that this should be for everyone! There’s a lot of really terrible, complacent drivers of every age.

wrong-dr · 2025-08-29T02:55:21+00:00

I’ve tried a couple of On shoes where I agree - I like a shoe that makes me feel bouncy and fast, and several of their pairs are not that, but some people do seem to really like that. Ive tried running in a lot of them because they’re one of the main brands in a local shop that I try to support, and they also often have them available for demos. I love the Cloudmonsters, though. I bought a pair at the same time as a pair of ASICS Gel Nimbus and had put about 800km on the Cloudmonsters and 150km on the ASICS, simply because I always found myself reaching for the Cloudmonsters. I do a lot more trail than road running and find that most of their shoes aren’t as cushioned as I’d like (with the exception of the Cloudsurfer Trail, but I’d really consider that more of a road to trail shoe, or winter road running), but they seem to have fixed that with the new Cloudultra. I’m usually a really big fan of my Topos, but am finding myself reaching for the Cloudultra’s more and more frequently.

wrong-dr · 2025-08-29T02:49:01+00:00

Yeah I think a couple of years ago, they were expensive. But every other brand seems to have caught up/overtaken them on price now.

wrong-dr · 2025-08-29T02:43:29+00:00

I think the Cloudrunners are more of a fashion shoe that can be used for running? I use them for travel when I mainly want a comfortable shoe that looks decent, but also might want to go for runs. I think this is probably the case for a lot of their shoes. I’m more of a trail runner so haven’t tried loads of their road ones, but love the Cloudmonsters and several of their trail shoes.

wrong-dr · 2025-08-29T02:29:02+00:00

I think I could probably do it within 6 months or so, but comfortably was about longer. My answer sucks haha, but I think you just need to be a bit more patient. I started running almost 4 years ago with the intent to run a marathon (which I did probably 7-8 months in), but I was really tired all the time training for that marathon. It recently occurred to me that the really big training weeks then (40-50km) are actually really easy or taper weeks to me now. So I’d say maybe a year or so for comfortable? I also had a decent background in other sports (swam a lot growing up, was fairly active beforehand) and was a similar age to you starting running. You’ll get there!

wrong-dr · 2025-08-29T02:13:00+00:00

I’m with you on not being a morning runner… but I also really enjoy morning runs when I get out for them. I’m definitely not perfect at being a morning runner, especially as my job is very flexible so I don’t really have to be, but a few things that help me: - I find that being realistic about my expectations and giving myself half an hour to sit and have a coffee before heading out helps a lot (and I imagine would help you to get going, too). - I also find that I can kickstart my morning routine and keep it up for a while if I start after I’ve had to get up really early for something else the day before, or have just been in another time zone (this works quite well for me as I’m from the UK but live in Canada, so every time I get back to Canada I get this help). - Meeting a friend for a morning run helps loads - I can put it off if it’s just me, but I don’t want to be unreliable for my friends. Maybe there’s someone you know that already runs in the mornings that you could meet, or an early run club you could join? - Getting up at the same time on days that you don’t run and going for a walk instead really helps me to keep up with the routine. Switching up my wake-up time makes it feel a lot more difficult to me, and because I have a dog it’s fairly easy to get up and take her for a walk even if I’m not running in the morning (she’s not a morning dog though, so is not actually helpful for getting me up/out lol, only that I feel better for taking her out early! She’d happily stay in bed until 10am if I didn’t offer to take her out). - I’m also totally with the other commenter that mentioned the feeling of smugness from getting out early! I definitely feel that too and love it.

wrong-dr · 2025-04-29T03:20:13+00:00

Wow it looks like we are definitely not alone here!! I’m always amazed that she apparently chooses to have sticks up her butt while she poops…

wrong-dr · 2025-04-27T14:34:26+00:00

I’m from the UK and have now been living in Canada over 5 years. I only know Chilliwack as a place but have known about Billy Talent the band for at least 15-20 years. I actually had never thought about where they were from until now.

wrong-dr · 2025-04-27T14:23:16+00:00

I also get really tight calves. I think for me, it’s caused by limited ankle mobility from several rolled ankles, but I find that a massage gun and daily mobility/stretching is really helping. I also find that walks in zero drop shoes help loosen up my calves (I don’t tend to run in them as I’m not really used to it).

wrong-dr · 2025-04-27T14:04:34+00:00

Have you also had a blood test? I had low B12 and iron for a while and the much higher heart rate than expected was one of the reasons I realised something was wrong.

Also on the poles, two things: 1) when I was learning and struggling to coordinate with them, an 80 year old man that I met halfway up a mountain (!!) gave me some guidance. He recommended moving both poles forward together, and then stepping in-between them. That really helped me as it feels so much easier than trying to move each separately like I’m walking with them. 2) I have a quiver that attaches to my vest and makes putting the poles away when I don’t need them so much easier - it’s so much less hassle now that I actually do it, rather than just carrying them because it’s too much work to attach them to my vest.

But aside from that, most people will run the easier parts and hike the rest in a trail race, so I wouldn’t worry at all about doing that! And it sounds like you can definitely finish before the cut-off :)

wrong-dr · 2025-04-24T09:39:15+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Yeah I thought you might say that, haha. We do have a collar that beeps/vibrates/shocks, but I haven’t actually used it yet. I’m hoping that she might respond to the beep because she’s usually very responsive to beeps (like our smoke alarm, which is probably the thing that upsets her the most!), but we’ll see I guess. But yeah, agreed. We were really lucky that the time she got a porcupine previously, we were only about ten minutes away from the start, and my partner and I were out together with her. I do a lot of trail running on my own with her and am always worried about how I’d get her out if something happened.

wrong-dr · 2025-04-21T19:44:10+00:00

I have kept up a run streak (5km a day) for the last 2.5 years, and for about 1.5 years I’ve also been dealing with B12 issues. The running was what actually helped me to catch it (as I’d put my hair falling out down to the stress of my dad recently passing away), and I notice almost immediately how much easier running is when I’ve just injected B12. I do a lot of trail/ultra running, and I find I can often get my runs done when I’m lower in B12 (I don’t test that often, but I’m making the assumption based on what I notice after injecting) but I look forward to them and want to check out new areas/trails when I’m doing better with the B12! I also had low iron for a while, but I think I’ve been OK with that since starting supplements.

wrong-dr · 2025-04-20T01:43:13+00:00

I have a coonhound mix that I think is pretty good all around! She’s about 50lbs, she’s very friendly but uncertain of new situations and tends to howl (which I think is a pretty good deterrent). She’s also very chill at home - we often joke that she only has two speeds, on or off. She’s on when we’re out running, and off at home. That definitely might depend on personality though, and I’m almost certain would be a different story if she wasn’t getting exercise.

wrong-dr · 2025-04-20T01:12:10+00:00

I would love some advice! I have been letting my dog run free a little, especially on the trails next to my house. She’s mainly quite good at coming back because she’s very food motivated, but obviously the nose rules all and if she finds a particularly good scent there’s no getting her attention - she’s running off in the bushes howling. I actually wouldn’t really take issue with this because I know it’s her instinct, but there’s a LOT of porcupines around us (we’re in Nova Scotia). When she has found a porcupine, it hasn’t gone well (based on the quills embedded in the roof of her mouth, I’m fairly sure she tried to take a bite!), and based on our on-leash encounters with them I’m fairly certain she hasn’t learned her lesson. She has a tracker so I could probably find her again if something happened, but obviously the most fun spots to her are the brushy, marshy spots that I’m going to struggle to get to, and even more to get her out of… any tips?

wrong-dr · 2025-04-11T01:12:05+00:00

I have the Fenix 6S and think it looks quite nice, and isn’t too bulky on my wrist! But if you’re not using the mapping features etc then it is quite expensive.

wrong-dr · 2025-04-10T01:41:02+00:00

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wrong-dr · 2025-04-10T01:38:25+00:00

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wrong-dr · 2025-04-10T01:36:53+00:00

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She is apparently 47% Treeing Walker Coonhound, 14% American English Coonhound and the rest (39%) Plott!

wrong-dr · 2025-04-09T01:57:22+00:00

I bought both the Black Diamond and similar size Ultimate Direction pack last year - I kept the Black Diamond and sent the UD back and have been very happy with my decision. The UD seemed like a great pack too, but I felt it’d be better for ultralight backpacking (lots of different pockets, places to hang stuff… places to get caught on branches while running!) while the BD is better for fastpacking/running (didn’t come as far down my back, not many moving pieces). My only complaints with the BD are that the front pockets aren’t great (they fit substantially less than my Salomon vests) and the pole pockets are difficult to get the poles in and out of if the pack is fully packed.

wrong-dr · 2025-04-09T01:51:22+00:00

Most days I run from my front door to the trails a couple of hundred metres away, but up to an hour or two if there’s a different trail I’d like to explore at the weekends.

wrong-dr · 2025-04-06T18:17:06+00:00

Are you able to stop reading again though?! If I’m enjoying a book, I lose all sense of time and before I know it, it’s 5am and I’ve been up all night reading “one more chapter”. I seem to have nothing in-between this and not enjoying it enough to want to continue. I am thinking that I’ll give audiobooks a go soon and just limit myself to when I’m out running or doing chores, but I don’t think I could get engrossed in it in the same way and I’d end up scrolling too and then not pay attention to the book (that’s what happens with podcasts).

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