Rec Path

Skijoring the "Blue River Rec Path" from Breckenridge to Frisco this morning. Fun time!!!

Flying Zorro in the middle with sprinting Rudy & Jack hanging off his left & right sides. Zoom.

The Blue River Rec Path connects Breckenridge to Frisco for bikes in the summer. But, last winter the parks department started grooming the path to connect Breckenridge to Frisco for skis in the winter. The rec path is the PERFECT training ground for young Rudy. It is basically downhill from Breckenridge to Frisco so the rec path is almost exclusively downhill or flat.

Our training pattern with Rudy is the same as we did with Jack at this age: we skijor 30 minutes with a minimum of 2 extended breaks as part of that 30 minutes. The result of this training pattern on the easy rec path: we skijored 4.2 miles with 4 breaks (that's covering 4.2 miles in under 20 minutes). Zoom!

Come along and watch the zoom for yourself in today's short video clip. Wheeee!

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The trail was perfect the majority of the route with one exception - a sketchy bridge crossing:

Yikes - only about 2/3 of the bridge has snow! Luckily everyone knew to slow down to
make sure the human on skis made it across.

Why 4 breaks in today's short run? Well, the rec path crosses roads 4 times...

"Check both ways before crossing!" demonstrates smart Zorro.
"You sure we have to stop and take the skis off?" ask young Jack & Rudy.

Another road crossing and we are stopped for me to put the skis back on:

"Having a blast!' states happy Zorro.
"Fun, fun, fun!" adds happy Jack.
"Let me know WHEN you are FINALLY ready to restart!" says silly Rudy ignoring the slow human.

End of the fast & fun run and time for end of run pork treats:

"You have our attention!" says the focused trio :)

What a perfect training route: 4.2 miles traveled with a top speed of 19 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 21 days on the trails covering 109.5 miles with 9950 feet of elevation climbed.