Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Scootering: Let the Training Begin

Well, it is September in the Colorado high country - time to begin serious training for the upcoming skijoring season.

Our summer training has consisted of 8-14 mile hikes & runs 1-2 times a week. We do the hikes "in harness" and "in tow". People tend to refer to our activity as canicrossing - we refer to it as "what else can you do in summer when you need to pull and run!"  ;-)

But, September is here and the temperatures are cooling. Time to break out the diggler and start some serious Siberian Husky activity. What is the diggler - a 2 wheeled skateboard cross mountain bike that you attach to the huskies via a gangline. It is just like skijoring or sledding to them (except there's no snow to keep them cool).

Training run #1: 10 miles from Breckenridge to Frisco in just under 1.5 hours. That is a 7 MPH trot that brought smiles to everyone's faces. Why did we stop, well it is still hot...

Bring on the snow, the training has begun.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Waiting....

Well, it is August, so no skijoring to be done... As the season approaches we'll document our training for the upcoming skijor season and then our skijor adventures throughout the year.