Dec. 18 Long legs

 I don't even want to write about this. . .it was bad.  Took Tricks forEVER.  Never seen him stop so much!

Sunday Dec. 18 @ open lot across road from Dollar Store.  43 degrees. Cloudy. A bit windy.  Dry. (even after rain a couple of days ago. Lots of briars & saplings.

Long legs..about 200 yards each with one article on all legs, except 1st .4 turns . 767 paces total.

He did so well the last time we trained on this field.

Ran at 2 hrs 45 minutes.  Started ok.  But kept stopping and looking right (towards the road).  All the turns were to the left.  Tip-toed through briars.  Found a few food drops.  SLOOWWW.  Kept lifting head and looking around. Had moments of on track.


Ended early due to slowness and not doing well.

Missed unintentional glove drop.  Did he miss it because it had no food?  Should I stop leaving food in gloves?

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