Training In The 20s

Training In The 20s
Dec 6th 2007
wolfmoonsleddog
Southeast
Location: Northwest GA
Time - 8:48am
Temperature: 28 degrees F
Conditions: High clouds, otherwise clear and cold
Forecast: Mostly sunny today, mostly cloudy tomorrow (no word on whether the smokies had any snow last night)

I dreamed about brushing huskies all last night. They were blowing their coats and the fur was coming out in hunks and I kept having to take basketfulls of it outside…Fortunately Calypso hasn’t really done a major Fall coat blow this year.

We’ve had a couple of mornings in the 20s here and that has been GREAT for training! The only bad thing is these mornings have not corresponded with any time I’d be able to take Calypso on any of the longer (3-6 mile) trails. So we’ve just been going about a mile. The really difficult trail I like to go to is closed because there is a hunt going on and the National Forest roads are pretty much out of the question for the same reason. So I’ll just have to wait until the hunts are over.

Anyway, the mile-long runs have been a lot of fun. Calypso has been VERY enthusiastic and loves the cold air. Early in the morning the sky is generally beautiful. Everything looks Winter-like now.