25.09.13

morning run:
Godzilla
Rita
Tuesday
Frankie
Linda
Mega
Petey
Amber
Steve McQueen
(9)

To the beach at Au Soleil Couchant via the swimming hole: ~7k. I threw Rita in as #9 because she really put herself forward; she's suffering so much from her allergy treatments that any little bit of fun or distraction from that must be welcome and she does like to run and swim. The charcos are also not so salty right now - there's been a lot of rain and the monte doesn't stink so much, nor does the water. Tuesday slipped her collar at the gate but was a good girl and let me put her back on near the shrimpery. We went out the alt. land bridge, which is at least half under water right now, and came home via the charcos to the north of the dead goat trail - I heard a salt loader running up on the road and wanted to avoid it. I put Amber on the other end of the leash just before we got to the tortuga sign on the beach heading south; Amber was fine with it but Tuesday made it clear she would rather not have that little ruffian connected to her by a rope (or anything else). Still, we persevered and everyone kept together and slogged it out through those charcos; the bugs were pretty bad in spots so we just kept moving. The beach was not quite as nasty today as it was yesterday - some of the churned up gunk must've settled because you could see through the water a little now. Linda distinguished herself as a trooper and was in front quite a lot of the run in spite of being little; she hung around with Amber a lot. The humidity was oppressive; it was overcast and the air felt thick to the point where it almost seemed hard to breathe sometimes, especially on the last leg home. All in all a good run.
GRADE: A