11-12-23

 Closed church. Track laid @ 9am & aged 90 minutes - longer  than I had planned due to encounter with chatty neighbor, though intent was to work on increased age. Sunny, 48 degrees, 8 mph wind. Mostly short grass, dry but green.

Track 1, no food. 1st leg 86 yd, then right turn. 2nd leg 60 yd with large area of bare dirt just before end article. Not as precise as usual on 1st leg, took small detour to eat some poop. Overshot turn by 2-3 feet, looped back to 2nd leg which was much better, even the bare dirt part,  perhaps due to being sheltered from the wind. Both articles ‘okay’, but not as good as I would like.

Track 2, first leg 70yd, crossing over asphalt entrance to parking lot at 50, which I scuffed all the way across & placed food drop right after the crossing. The turn, which was to the left, was right before an intersection of 2 roads. At the time we ran the track, this intersection was busier than I have EVER seen it, & Seren was enchanted by all the cars. Took a while to remind her of why we there, but once we got going again the 50yd 2nd leg was very nice. There was a food drop at 30yd. Both articles on this track were very good. I had thought she was getting over the car issue, but the way this was set up today was a bit much for her - bad planning on my part. 

Next time I do an ‘aged’ track, I will aim for 1hr, then 1’ 15”, as I had planned for today. But before that, at least one 30” track.

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