Sunday, I took the dogs out for a bit of bikejoring at Reach 11. They did alright - hung around 6 mph for just over 3 miles.

View From the Back

After that, I loaded back up with my drive train properly functioning, and headed out to Trail 100 again. I did a little bit of the route I took yesterday, and also hit a ravine-like area with a lot of drops and quick climbs (not sure on the name), as well as part of Shaw Butte.

Total was about 11.3 miles.

Saw this on a JC Penny’s t-shirt listed on eBay… odd combo, I suppose.

The WSJ.com has a great non-business piece on the stray dogs inhabiting Moscow. The article and video are here.

Also, for those of you who get cable, the On Demand service is now featuring a special from Nat Geo on Kavik, the timberwolf/malamute hybrid featured in the upcoming Call of the Wild. It’s part of the Dogs with Jobs series, which seems a stark economic comparison after reading the WSJ piece. But that’s an aside; after just a short training period, Kavik is harnessed up and hooked to 1,000lbs for a weight pull in the storyline. For a 140lb dog, that isn’t a tremendous amount, but considering his first two attempts failed because the sled wasn’t set free, he seemed to have a great attitude. Once he was able to get the sled moving, he moved it right along. To compare this to distance running, the general rule of thumb I’ve heard is that malamutes can pull about 1/3rd their body weight for extended periods of time.