Beach Run

[Maddee_6333]

Joined some of my fellow Canicrossers down at the beach last night. My plan was to do week 2 Run 1 of C25K, as I really do have to build up to running on sand. Normally this would have left everyone else zooming off ahead of me as I happily ran to my program, knowing that I’d see them again later. But dogs being dogs, they all - except Merlin - seemed to have decided that they were going to take comfort breaks soon after the start of the run (rather than during the time we gave them to do it before we started running🤦‍♀️) so I actually ended up running start stop with the rest of them for longer than usual.

I did turn round soon after the bingly-beep that marks the half way point, and run the last few intervals as they should have been done, which left Merlin looking at me in total confusion (see pic).

Total distance: 3k not including warm up or cool down walks. Cool down walk saw me wading through the shallows and Merlin chasing birds.

[backintime Graduate]

Awww, that sounds wonderful. And Merlin looks adorable in his little cani x harness He's saying, please let me run with the rest

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to backintime]

He really was:

Turn round mum, you’re going the wrong way!!

He’ll probably be doing that again tonight as I’ve said I’ll join some people for what I thought was listed as a social 8k run, but now seems to be 10k. And the people are like gazelles compared to me 🤦‍♀️ If it wasn’t almost right on my doorstep, I’d be backing out. But I’ll do as far as I’m comfortable and then turn back.

[runwithdog Graduate]

lovely picture.

mine did every run of the 9 weeks with me.

so important to have the correct gear

i saw some1 at pr running off a collar,not good for windpipe.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to runwithdog]

I started C25K originally, to do a mud run with my daughter, then did it again with her Beagle before we started Canicrossing.

Really really important to have the correct gear.

[SaskAlliecat Graduate]

What a great pic! Running on sand for 3k!?! Yikes that is hard. Kudos to you 👏👏👏

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to SaskAlliecat]

Well, running and walking.

I couldn’t have done it a couple of years ago, my knees wouldn’t have let me.

[skysue16 Graduate]

Missed this post! Ahh, great photo, he does look a bit confused 😕. Well done - running on sand is hard!!

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to skysue16]

So confused, bless him.

I’m trying to do one run a week on it. I just need to figure out when Incan for them in 👍