It all comes together

Well today it all came together. The temps went down,  it stopped raining and we finally got to run. We were out with Reggie and his crew on the canal this morning and man was it great to be on the trail. Reggie was gracious enough to let us practice some passing and we attempted some tricky Gee haw training down some switch backs. We did a little over four miles which is where we need to be right now. I am hoping the weather continues to hold out and we can get some training in this week after school. We have our first race in two weeks and we could use all the trail time we can get. I am looking forward to a great season and lots of fun with the family, friends and dogs!

We just signed up for our first race of the year

We just sent in our race form for the trailbreakers sled dog club's dryland race in Ohio. We are really excited because our good friends at Xtreme weather kennels and Subzero kennels we be in attendance. This will be our first race of the year and our first race with the new setup. Hopefully the dogs will be up to it and we will put in a respectful effort. We will be running the four dog sportsman class for our first race of 2009-2010 season. Thanks again to my wife and all the salty dawgs out there that make these races possible.

Updated Pictures of our Dogs

Perfect training for the Fairhill Challenge

Today's run was perfect training for the Fairhill Challenge. Wet, Cold and miserable. Here are my GPS results for the run. Not to shabby considering a couple of squirrel encounters and some car traffic. I must say I am loving the GPS. Keeps everyone honest and it lets me combine computers with dogs. Looking forward to a long training weekend up near Penn State in early November. Lord knows I could use a weekend of camping and running dogs.  

We get some new graphics for the dog truck.

We got a cool graphic made up for our dog trailer.
Thanks to my baby bro for making this one of a kind graphic. We are sure to turn some heads this season.

All ready to go for our first fall training event

Today we signed up for the big training event at Tow Hill. We are really excited to use the trailer to camp out in. We also purchased an inflatable bed for our tent so we will be living in luxury. Hopefully are friends from Xtreme Weather Kennels and Blur of Fur Kennels will be in attendance.  We will be heading North November 13 for this great event, hope to see you there.

Early bird gets the worm

Up early for our run today we took advantage of the cooler temperatures. We went about 6 miles and the dogs did great. We got a flat tire at the halfway mark but with my rig I was able to just stand on one side and let the wheel with the flat just kind of float. I can actually lift the whole tire of the ground with some creative balancing, a skill that had no practical purpose until today. Anyway a quick trip to Wally World and the flat is fixed plus some slime in the tubes for added protection. I missed a couple fellow mushers this morning, they were arriving as I was leaving but I am sure we will meet up soon for a run. I have Friday off this week so I am hoping to get in an extra day of training. next post will have the incredible bootie horn I promise.

Our new dog trailer

The new trailer is working out great. We are now able to get ready a lot faster and we are sure we have everything we need when we leave for training. There is enough room in the back to sleep if we need to and add more dogs (in the future). Tonight the dogs are staying in the trailer because we are taking off early in the morning and we went for an evening run. I will drop them before bed but then they are on their own. Jack and I put fresh straw in the boxes on Friday so they should be comfy. I am hoping this will be good training for races on the road.

We booted up all the dogs for this evening run and The bootie horn I made worked great. Putting booties on now is much easier. A future post will show you how to make your own bootie horn. All in all we got a great jump on this year and the dogs are looking really fit, even Murphy my couch potato. I am looking forward to seeing how the team compares to other Siberian teams this year. This being our first time racing four dog class our goal are to finish our races with the dogs and driver in good shape looking fit. We will see...

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