Entries from September 2007

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

The Monthly Bark :: October 2007

I just sent out the October edition of the Monthly Bark. For all of those that haven’t seen it yet, you can view it at: http://www.sleddoggin.com/mushers_lodge/monthly_bark/volumes/volume2/issue4.php
I hope you all enjoy it!
Cheerful Trails,
Christian

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Running in the Dark

I did a run tonight but decided to bring along one of the dogs as added “security.” Yeah, I guess you can say I am a scaredy cat, but after my bear “encounter” I just wanted to have something along with me. There have also been some mountain lion sightings in the area as well.
We [...]

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

We finally have snow on the mountains!

My family and I were up in the mountains this past weekend, and we had a joyous returning adventure! As we came around the Lake (tahoe), we were met with a pretty severe snow storm. Couldn’t see more then 50 feet, and the roads were covered. As we finally got the highway it was closed. [...]

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Fitness Training for Me

This summer I have started to embark on a training program to get into a better level of physical fitness to help with this mushing season. So far I can run a 10k (6.2 miles), which is a big accomplishment for myself. As of now I am just trying to run, run, run, and then [...]

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

2007-2008 Mushing Season

Hello to All!
So far the season is off to a great start. The dogs and I have already launched off with a couple successful runs at about 2 miles a piece, which is pretty exciting for me. Last year we ended with doing 6 mile runs, so since we are already starting 2 mile runs [...]