12-28-23

 Soccer fields near home. 50 degrees, overcast, no wind, short grass w/ mix of green & brown, ground saturated. Track laid @8:45 & aged 30 minutes 

This was a duration track. First leg 425yd with food @200&325. This leg meandered a bit around goals, tarps, cones, buildings but was pretty straight. Ended with a left turn to a 125yd leg with food @75. Then another left turn to 465yd leg, food @ 100, 200, 300, & 400. Total distance 1015.

Start article indication & start were good. Seren stopped to roll in something which I couldn’t see, much less identify, at about 125yd. Don’t know how long she would have continued that activity, but after maybe 30 sec. I asked her to get back to work & she did. No issues with the meanders around ‘stuff’. When we got to the turn, she checked to the right first, & seemed determined to find the track going that way, but never actually tried to go in that direction. I said nothing, & eventually she checked left, had an ‘aha moment’ & went. Middle leg & 2nd turn were fine. About halfway down last leg Seren found the canine equivalent of Facebook at a light pole & spent some time checking that out until I got bored & asked her to get back to work, which she did readily. Good indication at end article.

She did not seem tired physically or mentally, unless the messing around at the light post was an indication of fatigue.

I need to look at the rotation list to figure out what we will do next, but it probably should have some age to it. It would be nice to have a windy day when I am able to track, so I can cross that challenge off my list.