Training Run: 12/09/10

Training Run

Date: December 9, 2010

Distance: 13.59 miles. 1:24:50

Weather: 18 degrees and clear

Equipment: Sled

Trail Conditions: snow packed

Dog Positions: 10 dog team: Magpie-Jane, Snap-Joanie, Birch-Ellsworth, Lark-Rabbit, Dale-Poppy

Music Choice: The Prodigy shuffle

Notes: Good run! No problems or issues. We are still working on speed. Next week we go back to longer runs with a 30 miler this Saturday.

 

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Robert Forto | Team Ineka | Alaska Dog Works | Mushing Radio | Dog Works Radio | Denver Dog Works

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Dr. Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows

 

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Training Run: 12/7/10

Date: December 7, 2010

Distance: 17.32 miles. 2:11:33. Average 8.3 mph

Weather: 34 degrees and overcast

Equipment: Sled

Trail Conditions: snow packed

Dog Positions: 10 dog team: Zak-Katya, Wu-Jewel, Shifter-Chickadee, Shirkle-Drifter Piglet-Zambonie

Music Choice: Johnny Cash shuffle

Notes: This was the second run of the day and it did not go as well as the first. The leaders kept wanting to turn around and “investigate” each other and caused a couple of tangles. I did happen to see a couple of moose about 30 feet up the trail. It looked like a young cow and her calf.

We met a team on an uphill that was stopped and the head to head pass went well.

I took a wrong turn at the lake and headed up a trail I had not been on before. After a couple miles I figured it would be best to turn around as it was getting dark. What a chore it was to turn around a 10 dog team on a 3 foot wide trail in the woods!

 

 

 

Robert Forto | Team Ineka | Alaska Dog Works | Mushing Radio | Dog Works Radio | Denver Dog Works

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Dr. Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows

 

Training Run: 12/06/10

Date: December 6, 2010

Distance: 17.68 miles. 2:06:40. Average 8.5 mph

Weather: 11degrees and clear

Equipment: Sled

Trail Conditions: snow packed

Dog Positions: 10 dog team: Goose-Bird, Snap-Trixie, Swidgeon-Joanie, Birch-Rabbit, Poppy-Alma

Music Choice: Rob Zombie shuffle

Notes: Second training run on the sled this season. It was a beautiful run along the rail-road tracks and on the lakes. I got lost a bit coming off the tracks and had to double back. We are training for speed with 10 dogs this week in which we stop when the dogs stop pulling and wait for about 45 seconds before we go again.

 

MapMyRide.com – General: iMapMyRide: Dec 6, 2010 4:31 PM on 12/06/2010.

Robert Forto | Team Ineka | Alaska Dog Works | Mushing Radio | Dog Works Radio | Denver Dog Works

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Dr. Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows

Training Run: 26 miles

Training run

26 miles

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MapMyRide.com – General: iMapMyRide: Dec 2, 2010 5:57 PM on 12/02/2010.