I love participating in a variety of events with my dogs, but sometimes I also say yes to events a little too quickly that I should perhaps reconsider. One of those types of events was when I signed up for a trail run on a whim.
One of my dog friends had previously participated in a trail run with her dog, and was very excited afterwards. The enthusiasm quickly spread to me, and it didn't take much to take over before I suddenly signed up Dumle and I for a trail run, which was organized 5 months later.
My dear Endomondo certainly revealed that it had been 1.5 years since I last ran, but I had 5 months to get in shape, so I told myself that I had plenty of time to get in running shape.
When the 5 months were up, my dear Endomondo revealed that I had run a total of 4 times since then. I will admit that my times weren't exactly flashy, but now we were signed up, so off we went!
Luckily, the weather was super nice, so I was very optimistic before the start, and Dumle was, as usual, the calmest and easiest dog in the world to have with. While we sat and waited for the start, she even took a nap on top of my feet, despite the fact that there were dogs and people everywhere.
It turned out to be the calm before the storm, because the start was right down by the water, which was a real two-way street for poor Dumle. She kept trying to run into the water, and I ended up getting my shoes wet a couple of times too. When you combine that with sand in your shoes, it gives you really big blisters, I can tell you!
I also quickly learned a lot about what trail running means, because it is anything but an ordinary run. The route took place exclusively on small uneven paths, through the forest, over fallen tree trunks and small streams, up and down an unfair number of hills, and in addition two long stretches in the sand out by the sea.
Hold on ****, that was tough! To be honest, I even ended up having to take part of the route twice because I had lost my phone in the heat of the battle. Luckily, it was found, undamaged.
Despite the fact that I swore during the route that I would never expose myself to that type of madness again, and that I could barely walk for several days afterwards, it was actually a really cool event. Dumle loved it, and it was a super cool way to challenge both of us - both physically, but also in our cooperation in the difficult terrain, and with lots of dogs and people around us. She did it all so well!
We even ended up coming in 42nd out of 92, which I was quite positively surprised about.
In a fresh moment, when my legs had started to work again, I therefore signed up for another trail race.... However, I am betting strongly that the next race will be significantly easier, because there are 4 months left, so by then I will have gotten into running shape....I think.. ;-)
Behind the scenes of this week's blogger
My name is Line, I am 23 years old and I have two beautiful dogs - Saga: a 5-year-old Tibetan Spaniel, and Dumle: a 4-year-old Labrador.
I love collaborating and developing with my dogs, and we therefore regularly try out all sorts of different disciplines within dog sports. Our biggest passion, however, is rally, where we can often be found on the competition track.
Over sticks and stones
I love participating in a variety of events with my dogs, but sometimes I also say yes to events a little too quickly that I should perhaps reconsider. One of those types of events was when I signed up for a trail run on a whim.
One of my dog friends had previously participated in a trail run with her dog, and was very excited afterwards. The enthusiasm quickly spread to me, and it didn't take much to take over before I suddenly signed up Dumle and I for a trail run, which was organized 5 months later.
My dear Endomondo certainly revealed that it had been 1.5 years since I last ran, but I had 5 months to get in shape, so I told myself that I had plenty of time to get in running shape.
Luckily, the weather was super nice, so I was very optimistic before the start, and Dumle was, as usual, the calmest and easiest dog in the world to have with. While we sat and waited for the start, she even took a nap on top of my feet, despite the fact that there were dogs and people everywhere.
It turned out to be the calm before the storm, because the start was right down by the water, which was a real two-way street for poor Dumle. She kept trying to run into the water, and I ended up getting my shoes wet a couple of times too. When you combine that with sand in your shoes, it gives you really big blisters, I can tell you!
I also quickly learned a lot about what trail running means, because it is anything but an ordinary run. The route took place exclusively on small uneven paths, through the forest, over fallen tree trunks and small streams, up and down an unfair number of hills, and in addition two long stretches in the sand out by the sea.
Hold on ****, that was tough! To be honest, I even ended up having to take part of the route twice because I had lost my phone in the heat of the battle. Luckily, it was found, undamaged.
We even ended up coming in 42nd out of 92, which I was quite positively surprised about.
In a fresh moment, when my legs had started to work again, I therefore signed up for another trail race.... However, I am betting strongly that the next race will be significantly easier, because there are 4 months left, so by then I will have gotten into running shape....I think.. ;-)
Behind the scenes of this week's blogger
My name is Line, I am 23 years old and I have two beautiful dogs - Saga: a 5-year-old Tibetan Spaniel, and Dumle: a 4-year-old Labrador.
I love collaborating and developing with my dogs, and we therefore regularly try out all sorts of different disciplines within dog sports. Our biggest passion, however, is rally, where we can often be found on the competition track.