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Tuesday Jul 1, 2008 #
Running 1:20:00
Happy Canada Day! 'Bent and I headed out in Palgrave East and West before I'd even had my coffee (gasp!) It was still stinking humid, but at least the air was cooler than it's going to be for the rest of the day, and that meant that BulletDog could join us. She did about 20% more distance than we did, and turned it into a duathlon with several swims along the way.
BulletDog is a miracle of modern veterinary medicine! The doc had said it was unlikely that she would regain her full abilities after TPLO knee surgery (involving metal plates and screws and changed joint anatomy), but we can't see any difference from before. Still, we try to rein her in a bit when she dashes around doing the quick, twisty basketball player turns that probably tore her ACL in the first place. She has a 30% chance of tearing the other one some day, and we're not eager to go through that long recovery with her another time.
Lots of hills on this run - and dense poison ivy in a few places. 'Bent found and ate the last strawberry of the season; I found and ate the first raspberry. Tough luck, birdies! ;-)
A significant percentage of the trail distance in Palgrave East will be closed in 2009, and at that point, we will probably have to leave this area to the equestrians. Even now, there is so much serious trail damage and horse poop that it's a lot less fun than it used to be. I like horses, and am happy to have them there on a separate trail system, but anyone who thinks that horses can share the sensitive, wet trails in Palgrave without seriously diminishing everyone else's experience is living on another planet. Mountain bikes have caused a little damage in Palgrave, but it's less than 10% of the damage that a few horses have caused. The TRCA is talking about building boardwalks (slippery!) but the only solution for the really bad areas will be bypasses for non-equestrian users.
Now it's time to go to the Canada Day Strawberry Festival for some strawberry pancakes - yum!!!
BulletDog is a miracle of modern veterinary medicine! The doc had said it was unlikely that she would regain her full abilities after TPLO knee surgery (involving metal plates and screws and changed joint anatomy), but we can't see any difference from before. Still, we try to rein her in a bit when she dashes around doing the quick, twisty basketball player turns that probably tore her ACL in the first place. She has a 30% chance of tearing the other one some day, and we're not eager to go through that long recovery with her another time.
Lots of hills on this run - and dense poison ivy in a few places. 'Bent found and ate the last strawberry of the season; I found and ate the first raspberry. Tough luck, birdies! ;-)
A significant percentage of the trail distance in Palgrave East will be closed in 2009, and at that point, we will probably have to leave this area to the equestrians. Even now, there is so much serious trail damage and horse poop that it's a lot less fun than it used to be. I like horses, and am happy to have them there on a separate trail system, but anyone who thinks that horses can share the sensitive, wet trails in Palgrave without seriously diminishing everyone else's experience is living on another planet. Mountain bikes have caused a little damage in Palgrave, but it's less than 10% of the damage that a few horses have caused. The TRCA is talking about building boardwalks (slippery!) but the only solution for the really bad areas will be bypasses for non-equestrian users.
Now it's time to go to the Canada Day Strawberry Festival for some strawberry pancakes - yum!!!