A SkyHoundz format competition at Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs. Event starts at 9:00am. Registration opens at 8:30am. See Colorado Disc Dogs schedule for more information.
Colorado Disc Dogs: Thornton
This year CDD is hosting the Skyhoundz Western Open Qualifier at Thornton. That means there will be great teams from all over the United States competing alongside all the outstanding Colorado teams. (Maybe Bonnie and I will just watch. : ) ) The Thornton competition runs during Thorntonfest in the special venue Pawfest. There are lots of things to see and do in addition to K9 Frisbee.
This is SkyHoundz format competition at Thornton Rec Fields. Event starts at 8:00am. Registration opens at 7:30am. See Colorado Disc Dogs schedule for more information.
Colorado Disc Dogs: Spring Training
Colorado is home to some of the best Disc Dog teams in the World. If you want to learn more about the sport and competitions in Colorado join the CDD at Sherrelwood Park, May 12, 2007. Registration is at 12:30. $25 per team, or $35 for a family (multiple handlers or dogs). Private lessons, $10/15 minute session. The seminar will cover the basics and more advanced topics. Private lessons give you a chance to work one-on-one with experienced teams.
For more information, contact phone numbers and map visit the Colorado Disc Dogs web site.
A genetic mental defect
I’m attracted to ultra distance events because of a genetic mental defect. For some reason my family, at least the women in my family, seem inherently incapable of accurately judging the enormity of any task they want to undertake. If a job can be started it can be finished. We tend to only see the next step, or next shovelful, of our current obsession.
My mother for example, looks out her window at an acre of leaves, and heads out with box of yard bags and a rake. She has been known to rake from sun-up until after sunset and has filled more than 100 bags in a weekend. These are no fluffy, lightweight bags. To save bags she compacts the leaves as tightly as possible. She also collects plenty of sticks and pecan shells, and a significant amount of wet dirt while she is raking. She does this without Gu or Heed or Clif Shot Bloks and sometimes NO food at all!! We ultrarunners are such wimps.
Then there is my sister. She decided to dig all the post holes for a 5 mile cross fence on her property. Ok, it’s not really 5 miles, only a couple hundred yards. Might as well have been 5 miles as far as I am concerned! She did not finish her fence in a day or even a weekend. Turns out her land is very rocky. In some places it took her and a friend 8 hours just to dig one hole!! With the best intentions, I offered to help her while I was visiting. I lasted about an hour. We, she did most of the work, had only accomplished about one quarter of the required depth, and the top half is the “easy” part of post hole digging.
Yesterday I did about 40 miles on my rollers, and another easy 5 with Bonnie. I am already feeling better about the 508. Like I said, it is a genetic mental defect. Unfortunately I apply my dis(functional)-abilities to less productive tasks than the rest of my family.