03.09.13

morning run:
Alice
Blue
Rita
George
Otto
Gowron
Ernie
Molly
Tori
(9)

To the beach at Au Soleil Couchant via the swimming hole: ~7k. Everyone left off of the leash but I put Tori on at the shirmpery and had her on for several stretches, including both times we crossed doce. She listened well off the leash as well but there was not much reason to misbehave on this run; we saw no people or dogs, only flamingos and other waterfowl, none of which gave us a second thought. It's overcast and slightly cooler today; it must've rained hard during the night because there was evidence of it all around in the monte. The swimming hole was flooded to overflowing, every charco was swollen and anything loose on the trees was obviously knocked off. The temperature had everyone happy, since most of this group are older and don't like the heat; this resulted in more of a romp than a run but they were all together and with me the whole way. George and Alice did well and Rita had a good time in spite of her terrible suffering from allergies; the treatments she's getting are really rough on her but her enthusiasm for a run or a walk has not dimmed. Neither Otto nor Ernie showed any signs of a limp.
GRADE: A