Polite Jack

It was a FAST day on the trails in French Gulch this morning. Zoom!

Flying Jack on the right with airborne Zorro & Rudy to his left.
Pretty shot of some fast & fun sled dogs!

Today's trail conditions: a hard packed base with 1/2 to 1 inch of snow on top. That makes for a fast trail with just enough powder on top that I was comfortable uncorking the skijoring engine. The result? A top speed of 22 MPH this morning - that matches the fastest we've done as a skijor trio. Of course, as Jack & Rudy continue to grow and mature, we'll be in the 24+ MPH range soon enough!

Love this shot of "Flying Zorro" with his young brothers working to keep pace on each side of him:

Flying Z - Wheeee!

Today's fun video highlight: polite Jack. Watch as we are flying along the fast trail with Jack on the right shoulder. At one point the shoulder gets a little choppy so that it is too hard for him to keep pace with Zorro & Rudy on smooth terrain. Jack has two options: (1) try and push his brothers left to get out of the choppiness; or (2) back off, slide a bit left to get out of the choppiness and then launch right to rejoin everyone once the trail smooths out. I knew Jack would opt for the more polite option #2. If it was Rudy, I guarantee he would have done option #1 with much force :)

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Back to the fast day:

Hovering huskies in a fast & synchronized "sprint tuck".

One quick midpoint break and it is the usual antics:

"You have my attention!" says veteran Zorro.
"We stop, I roll!" demonstrates silly snow angel rolling Jack.
"We stop, I eat snowcones!" adds cute little Rudy.

End of a fast & fun day, how about some "end of run" pork treats?

"YES!!!!" says the very focused trio.

Zipping along in French Gulch this morning: 4.6 miles traveled with 400 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 37 days on the trails covering 197.6 miles with 17,500 feet of elevation climbed.