This morning I ran in the Cleveland Marathon…I’m not that crazy, so I ran the half. Chris came down to meet me at the finish and brought my favorite training buddy! There were 20,000 that ran today in addition to tons of spectators and Roman was on his best behavior. We received the usual “he’s gorgeous” “he’s so big” compliments, but my favorite were “he’s sooo well behaved”. He truly is fantastic in huge crowds and I know it’s because he’s got an amazing temperament, as well as coming to many of my runs. He finished my bottle of water and my popsicle, received many pats and headed home. Later today, we’re going to our city’s annual Bark and Bone-anza festival with bff, Nina!

Roman went on a real camping trip…not the back yard, to Headwaters Park in Ohio. The weather was perfect! Roman spent half the night outside of the lean to on guard duty and the other half inside curled up next to me on the sleeping bag. The two Shiba Inus also felt the need to sleep on my sleeping bag, as well. I didn’t get much sleep, but was super warm! The other shots are Chris chopping fire wood and me, filtering water.