Alternative Plans

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Tuesday 21^st October  

Setting out on a new training track we where optimistic that our track issues where behind us. But after two runs we where back to square one. During the wet autumn the track has been used by quad bikes tearing up the once relative flat base, now frozen in hard chocolate ridges. So it was no longer a slippery ice issue it was a track that was badly corrugated to the extent that we could not get a consistent running speed in order to train 

 

Plan C

Friday 23^rd October  

The third option was to return to the Autumn training camp – where we knew that the track would be in better condition. Thankfully, we where right. The down side to this is despite the autumn training camp being just over the mountain – it was an hours drive. An hour there, 1.5 hours to train and then an hour return journey is making the extra long and tiring. On top of that is the loading and unloading of the dogs needs to be taken into account.