Go Jack Go

Yesterday morning was young Jack's longest skijor - 1/3 mile of sled dog fun!!! Go Jack, Go!

"Now this is FUN!!!!" declares happy Jack at our turnaround point of his 1/3 mile run.
"The kid is really coming along!" states fun Zorro happy to have a skijor partner again,
if only for short distances...

It was a beautiful morning to run the trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center yesterday. Before hooking up young Jack for his 1/3 mile, Zorro and I did a fast out & back on the trails for just under 5 miles. It was zoom, zoom Zorro to start the day:

Zorro catching air as he flies along the fast trails.

After a quick run with Zorro, we hooked up young Jack for his 1/3 mile skijor. Zorro is so good at changing his pace to allow Jack to keep up. While he could floor it and go much faster than Jack, he instead takes his speed down a notch to let Jack keep pace and gain confidence. Here is a great shot of "jogging Zorro" with "floored Jack" next to him. Love Jack's form - airborne sprint tuck with ears tucked in for aerodynamics! He really gets it :)

"Wheeee, I'm flying with Zeeee!" says airborne & sprint tucked Jack.

On to the video highlight of yesterday's outing. Come along for a fun 30 seconds skijoring with Zorro and Jack. Nice effort from Jack on just his second skijor longer than a 50 yard sprint and nice form from Zorro keeping the speed to a Jack Pace.

[watch on youtube if no video loads below]

End of the day's run and time for "end of run" pork treats. Little 12 week old Rudy gets to join in for the treats too :)

"Fun day, fun day!" exclaims happy Zorro.
"My turn, my turn!" declares happy Jack.
"Yum, yum!!!!" says little Rudy getting one of his pork cuts.

1/3 a mile for Jack - whew, that's work! Sideline cheerleading for Rudy - phew, that's REAL work....

Young Jack and little Rudy zonked out in the back of the Jeep on the way home.
What a big outing :)

A fast & short solo run with Zorro followed up by a fun 1/3 mile run with Zorro and Jack: 5.2 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2017/2018 Season to Date: 41 days on the trails covering 296.0 miles with 26,400 feet of elevation climbed.

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