17.10.14

morning run:
Truman
Blue
Eve
Reggie
Daisy
Xmul
Hazel
Tori
Murci
(9)

Southern charcos: ~8k. The Heroic Trio (Hazel, Tori, Murci) were REALLY wound up again; Murci is especially crazed and should go as often as I can manage for a while. If she were a person she'd be an Olympic athlete and the rest of her little crew is pretty much the same. Xmul obviously needed to get out and even though Blue went out yesterday I took her on a run because I felt she wanted to stretch her legs... Maybe I read too much into her but she was extremely excited when we left and wouldn't stop whining and bolting around for the first kilometer. Murci's muzzle came off at the shirmpery as always but she was still too energetic. Her shenanigans with Tori as we were heading east across the southernmost crossing drove Tori into me from behind and took me down; it wasn't a hard fall but I managed to cut myself anyway and was highly annoyed with Murci. I put her on the leash for a solid kilometer and she did manage to calm down a bit but she was still on point for the whole run. Maybe there is something in the air because several of the other dogs were also highly excited, including Reggie: his yippie/high-five routine did not stop for the whole run. Daisy ran faster than usual and was even ahead of me in several spots. The charcos were all swollen and we saw significant numbers of flamingos for the first time in months. We all especially enjoyed the swimming hole on the way home, which was finally worthy of its name again. Murci did several cannonballs and Tori tumbled in like a goon while she was rolling in the iceplant on the edge. I put Reggie on the black leash coming home because he's frequently too excited on the final trail and crosses the road ahead of everyone else; instead Hazel, Tori and Murci took up the slack and crossed a little ahead of the rest of us. At least one of The Trio should be on the leash on the final trail home. They weren't bad at least, and the rest of us got to the gate only a few seconds after them. It was overcast and a bit cooler than it has been in weeks: a welcome change. The bugs were only bad in spots and the pace was high enough it didn't matter that much.
GRADE: A