Canicross Belts And Leaping Rabbits

Canicross Belts And Leaping Rabbits
Oct 11th 2007
wolfmoonsleddog
Southeast
Location: Northwest GA
Time - 9:23am
Temperature: 50 degrees F
Conditions: Clear, still
Forecast: Sunny and cool today and tomorrow

It was 44 degrees when I ran Calypso this morning! Yay! Of course, this means my husky is verrrry exuberant and enthusiastic and that I’m going to have to keep up. We had a great run, for the most part.

However, I am having issues with my canicross belt. It’s actually a simple skijoring belt that I use for dryland training. It fits around my hips and works really well and is comfortable - as long as it stayson my hips. That is the problem. It keeps riding up to my waist, which ISN’T comfy - especially if it hits my rib cage. I haven’t heard of anyone else having this problem, so I’m not sure what I’m going to do about it. I know that some skijoring belts have leg straps but I can’t imagine that would be comfortable for canicross.

But moving right along, Calypso was doing great until we hit a grassy patch. Anticipating that she would dart off the trail, I told her “on by.” Then the brown blob in the grass that I hadn’t given a second thought turned into a small bunny and leaped out of the grass and up the bank. And it was about ONE FOOT in front of Calypso’s nose. Even as I yelled “on by!” and ran forward and towards the other side of the road, I couldn’t blame her for dashing up the bank after the rabbit. She jerked me and I tripped and would have fallen over except Kippy was pulling on the other end of the line (thank goodness I’d used the bungee this morning). So I sort of hung there leaning for a moment like I was in the Matrix or something and Calypso slid down the bank. She refused to look at me for the rest of the run. When we turned around, though, she ran like a speed demon in case the rabbit had a short memory and was back in the grass. It wasn’t but you can bet she’ll remember to look again tomorrow…