It was a fast day sprinting all over the trails in the Swan Valley Recreation Area.
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| "What 'slow sign'? We speak Siberian!" say sprinting Max & Zorro as Max is kicking up "sprint dust" behind him while Zorro is airborne as we fly by the SLOW sign... |
What happens when the musher takes too long to get the team hooked up and going? Well, you get a lecture from lead dog Max:
Turn up your volume and listen to Max give me a talking to about how long we are
taking to get hooked up and hit the trails!
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As usual, taking too long to get started gets you both a lecture and a very fast run as the Siberians are storing up exponential energy waiting to go...
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| Full shoulders, airborne Siberians launching the slow human up the trail once we FINALLY got started... |
A great video of us gliding through the forest on a somewhat narrow trail - whee!
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Taking too long to start also means nobody wants to stop all day!
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| Stopped to let a group of snowmobiles come down the trail. "If we are stopped, I might as well roll a snow angel so we don't need to stop again!" performs Max as intense Zorro watches the group go by. |
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| "But we already stopped once, why would we stop again? We never stop twice!" asks puzzled Zorro. "Yeah, let's go!" says happy Max. Nobody understood the need for this quick 2-3 minute break; but I needed to add some layers to keep me warm for the final stretch to the trailhead. |
A fast day on 4 different trails we connected in the Swan Valley Recreation Area: 12 miles with 1600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.
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