<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> My late dog, Pooch, on more than one occasion during a weekend bp trip without snow, earned his keep by having his pack filled with ice and a couple beers stashed in it. That was all he carried, that was the only time I would pack his food.

I ran track and XC in a small High School in Nevada and when I took up jogging the first time after that, I got shin splints too from only being able to run on pavement. I got in shape for a run in the town I was living in at the time and quit after that for a few years, then I would only jog in the spring or early summer to get in shape for a summer bp trip. Now I only jog a couple times a week for about two miles each time year round, fun running when it is snowing.