Well, quite a weekend that one: off to Scotland for a few mudsports. We started out on mountainbikes in Mabie forest- quite a blast on the fast trails and lumpier bits. We certainly need the practice but I think we're getting better.
But the best bit came next- catching the last few dog races of the Nationals at Drumlanrig. The faster six dog races had already finished so we had the treat of the rather less mainstream ones- dog and scooter, dog and mountainbike (yes, mountainbike), and the CaniX. The CaniX is the event where the dog is attached to a runner, which seems preferable to the mountainbike race with the dog attached, which proved to be rather unstable in the muddy conditions. The doggie devastation at the start of the mountainbike and dog event was indicative of the general flavour of the events- fantastic to watch as things unfolded with dogs having a sniff, bikes and ropes getting tangled and the like.
This was the winning CaniX runner. His strange position wasn't an unorthodox running style, but simply an attempt to stay upright in the incredibly slippy mud. Most people ended upside down at some stage or other, being dragged by a happy looking husky...
The doggie in this picture was as happy as a proverbial pig, but his owner was certainly less happy, having been dragged around the course, with a bike somewhere on the scene...The whole thing was a hoot, and we could have spent hours watching things unfold.
Well, quite a weekend that one: off to Scotland for a few mudsports. We started out on mountainbikes in Mabie forest- quite a blast on the fast trails and lumpier bits. We certainly need the practice but I think we're getting better. 
But the best bit came next- catching the last few dog races of the Nationals at Drumlanrig. The faster six dog races had already finished so we had the treat of the rather less mainstream ones- dog and scooter, dog and mountainbike (yes, mountainbike), and the CaniX. The CaniX is the event where the dog is attached to a runner, which seems preferable to the mountainbike race with the dog attached, which proved to be rather unstable in the muddy conditions. The doggie devastation at the start of the mountainbike and dog event was indicative of the general flavour of the events- fantastic to watch as things unfolded with dogs having a sniff, bikes and ropes getting tangled and the like. 
This was the winning CaniX runner. His strange position wasn't an unorthodox running style, but simply an attempt to stay upright in the incredibly slippy mud. Most people ended upside down at some stage or other, being dragged by a happy looking husky...
The doggie in this picture was as happy as a proverbial pig, but his owner was certainly less happy, having been dragged around the course, with a bike somewhere on the scene...The whole thing was a hoot, and we could have spent hours watching things unfold.
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