4 in a Row

First time skijoring 4 days in a row for both Jack & Rudy.

Oh boy is this skijoring trio really maturing into a well oiled machine!

"Turnaround? Ok!" says happy Zorro at our turnaround point of the outing.
"I'm listening. Duck under the gangline and here I come." adds happy Jack turning around with Zorro.
"Why? Why? Why? Why turnaround?!?!?!" questions 'go all day' Rudy.

Skijoring 4 days in a row is a nice accomplishment for the two youngsters. We are still keeping all outings with Rudy under 30 minutes. Soon he'll be old enough for us to let him run longer. As you can see in the prior photo, Rudy already thinks he is mature enough to go forever. He questions every turnaround command :)

Another first on the trails today too - our first "Planet Z" moment from one of the youngsters. Our first full season skijoring, Zorro was 2 and Max was 3 (Zorro was 1 when we introduced him to the concept but 2 once we finally got a full season). Zorro was a wild 2 year old and would frequently dork with Max on the trails. We labeled this behavior "Planet Z" as in "Zorro, what are you doing? What planet are you from?!?" Well, I fully expected the following to happen: Rudy is also from Planet Z. See for yourselves:

"Dorking with Jack, dorking with Jack! Poke, poke, poke!" demonstrates Rudy from Planet Z.
"Get out of my face kid!" responds Jack. Not surprising that mellow Jack is NOT from Planet Z
and very expected that wild Rudy is!
"Don't know what you are talking about. Nor do I care - he's not dorking with me so
I'll keep on going!" adds veteran Zorro who refutes all tales about Planet Z from
his childhood :)

Luckily visits from Planet Z are generally short lived and skijoring resumes:

Flying along the fast groomed trail. Zoom!

Today's video fun is a wild one. We are on the trail known as Gluteus Maximus at Breckenridge Nordic Center. It has this name from the steep grades along the trail. A cross country skier gets a really workout on the glutes traversing this terrain. I, on the other hand, get a ridiculous workout of the quads and knees as I get thrown up, down and around this trail behind the speed demons. You know that feeling on a roller coaster when your stomach "goes into your throat" on steep dips? Well, that's the same feeling you get skijoring Gluteus Maximus behind these three!!!

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Finally, the end of the day's run and another steep section of trail as we zoom past Nancy. The trail ends just ahead at a closed gate. Look at my right ski almost perpendicular to the trail trying to keep under some minimum control behind these beasts!

"Ow, my quads & knees hurt!" :)

What a day... 4th skijor in a row, proof that Rudy is also from Planet Z and a quad & knee numbing abuse of the human (just kidding, it wasn't abuse, I really did have fun): 5.4 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 55 days on the trails covering 299.6 miles with 26,700 feet of elevation climbed.