Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Talents

Fun shot of Jack & Rudy "catching air" on the fast packed nordic trail this morning!

Zoom!

Today, Jack & Rudy would like to share with everyone their extensive list of skijor talents. Such skillful guys, come along for the fun.

First, Rudy would like all to know it is possible to woo while trotting. No need to stop for wooing, just belt them out while trotting along.

"WOO!" goes Rudy without breaking stride!
"Not interested." is what Jack & I had to say in response ;)

Second, Jack would like all to know that it is possible to eat snowcones WHILE rolling snow angels. Talented!

Rolling while eating snowcones, impressive :)
"Not interested." says Rudy

Third, the kids would like all to know how perfect they are at getting shoulder to shoulder to fit in narrow, single track trails!

Packed in tight to propel me along the single track through the trees!

No matter now narrow it gets, as long as they both can fit, they do it!

Even tighter shoulder to shoulder sprinting.

Finally, we have a video showing Jack & Rudy's innate ability to preserve the human! The video starts on the extremely fast packed trail at Gold Run Nordic Center. I share this clip to showcase Jack & Rudy's great ability to adjust for trail conditions. Notice the discolorization of the trail from about 29 seconds to 39 seconds. This is "thin cover" with the possibility of exposed dirt & rocks. Notice how Jack & Rudy expertly slow at the 29 second point until about 39 seconds when the trail is white again so they know it's safe to speed up. All of this without a single verbal command from me. These two understand slowing for sketchy conditions to preserve the human on skis! Impressive!

[watch on youtube if no video loads below]

That's a lot of skills to showcase in one outing: woo trotting, snow eating while rolling, tight trails and naturally slowing to preserve the human. Impressive: 8.3 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2022/2023 Season to Date: 38 days on the trails covering 315.3 miles with 27,100 feet of elevation climbed.

 

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