We got our gear all loaded up & then had a poop break before heading down to Auditorium Shores. Met up with Vegas, Rhonda & others and got set up in transition. We made a mental note of where our top competitors were located as we got ready for our warm up.
Sugar brought her own life vest, which allowed her to stand out from the crowd. I think she liked that. I was a little worried that her pre-race jitters might mean another potty break, but we were good. After the pre-race meeting, we lined up in the starting chute and luckily (?) we were in the first wave.
Off we went in a clockwise loop - straight out, turn at the buoy, turn at the next buoy, and then head back in for shore. Sugar swam over me several times - guess I'm not fast enough - scratching me, as did a lot of the dogs. I tried to just put my head down & swim (she was tethered to me) but inevitably, she'd swim in a different direction. Right turns are not her friend, as she kept wanting to just swim to the other side of the lake. Once we turned back towards shore, she got a second wind & ended up dragging me in (since I had been doing every possible kind of stroke and was incredibly inefficient in the water just trying to get her to go in the right direction, I was exhausted).
Off we went in a clockwise loop - straight out, turn at the buoy, turn at the next buoy, and then head back in for shore. Sugar swam over me several times - guess I'm not fast enough - scratching me, as did a lot of the dogs. I tried to just put my head down & swim (she was tethered to me) but inevitably, she'd swim in a different direction. Right turns are not her friend, as she kept wanting to just swim to the other side of the lake. Once we turned back towards shore, she got a second wind & ended up dragging me in (since I had been doing every possible kind of stroke and was incredibly inefficient in the water just trying to get her to go in the right direction, I was exhausted).
We ran up the ramp & hit transition: life vest off, goggles off, shoes on, and Sugar sat patiently and watched like the good girl that she is.
Next was over the the SRV statue, then left up the sidewalk to Riverside. Right to Lee Barton, turn around back to S. 1st, then back to the finish line. I was ready with a poop bag, but Sugar was a trouper! No poop needed! She had quite a spring in her step until the turn around at S. 1st, but she made it. We finished in 23 minutes.
Yay for the little dogs!
Congrats also to Dory, Chula, Logan, Bama, and all the other dogs we met today.
2 comments:
That's pretty much the cutest "dog in a life jacket" picture I've ever seen.
Next up: doggie water skiing!
my condolences on the apparent death of your blog.
; )
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