Slush Bombs

Fun shot from the front of the happy sled dogs towing me to the end of this morning's run!

Happy running sled dogs! Wheeee!

We were thrilled to find the trails of Breckenridge Nordic Center freshly groomed as we were first tracks on the perfect trail all morning long!

Hovering Zorro & Jack with Rudy barely one foot out of sync.

Temperatures were just above freezing when we started the outing. As a result, this made for a soft trail. Look closely in the prior photo and you see all the snow slush flying off the feet from the running trio.

Now think about what happens with all those "snow speckles" in the prior photo. That's right, the speckles get launched back into me! I call these "slush bombs" as they are small pieces of slush that fly off their feet and into me! It is the "attack of the slush bombs" as these slush balls get sprayed all over my body - including my face! Look out, here comes a slush bomb:

The white blob in the upper left is a slush bomb about to slam into the camera on my chest!

This was Rudy's first participation in the "attack of the slush bombs". Come along and watch closely as you can see pieces of slush flying off their feet and into the camera. Listen carefully and every time you hear a click, that is a slush bomb hitting the camera. Count all the clicks during this segment and that is also about how many slush bombs flew into my face as well! Attack of the slush bombs.

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If you have been following along lately, you knew this was coming. Stopped to turnaround and...

Jack & Rudy rolling snow angels. Yes, Jack is partially on top of Rudy as they roll a "connected
snow angel" - talented :)
"I wonder how far we could run if these two would stay upright?" ponders Zorro surveying
all the nice trail we COULD be running if the youngsters would get up :)

End of a fun run, time to celebrate with 'end of run' treats:

"You have my FULL attention!" demonstrates Zorro pinned to my chest.
"Look at us patient youngsters!" add Jack & Rudy.

Perfect groomed trails this morning with temperatures just high enough for an attack of the slush bombs: 7.1 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.


2018/2019 Season to Date: 92 days on the trails covering 514.8 miles with 46,700 feet of elevation climbed.