Still too young to do much with bikejoring. I have however, recently launched a fresh campaign of light canicross training with him. He's young, and I was really out of condition, having not run much for the past two years. a series of injuries acting perhaps as excuses not to train. We started short - just a run of 1.25 miles, but we are building up distance, as he grows, and my VO2 max increases. We have so far completed nine sessions of canicross run training, and we are now up to a distance of 2.3 miles. It's the best running campaign that I've had for a few years, since I use to run with a lurcher and a whippet. I feel that we've cracked it again. Looking forward to some longer distances.
Here's Byker on Run 9 at Holt Country Park, I'm taking a breather, while he surveys the horses. He's looking good!
I've looked at several 'All About Bikejoring' sites and not one yet has mentioned the distances of competitive events. It seems every site I visit just wants to sell me a harness and lead. Can you recommend a website with lots of factual information about bikejoring, rules, distances, hydration info, things like that? I was interested to read your notes on distances, but this is running with the dogs and not biking, correct? I'm writing from Berkeley, Calfornia, where I've not found any bikejoring, so maybe I'm going to get the sport stared here =)
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