After a great start to the year with my hill-running training going well things got very, very strange. However I did manage some interesting runs and walks before 'lock-down'. My last walks and runs in Wales were great, I even managed to get a Trail Race in before returning to England. At Loggerheads I managed a reasonable run in the Canix 5k Race, quite a steep climb in the first kilometre of the race but great undulating woodland paths and lots of downhill too.
The Loggerheads Race was part of my training for the Sea-to-Summit 22k race in April, I trained on the Mawddach Trail too. On the trail my human rode a bike and I scampered alongside the bike, we keep the distance low when using the bike otherwise I would be exhausted (or so my human says).
I was very lucky with the weather during my training, dry and not too hot. I continued with some running, walking and even swimming until early March.
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| High tide on the Mawddach looking inland and me with the bike |
Most of this was in Wales, but I did some long runs on the Sandstone Trail in Cheshire as well as some exciting walks in Delamere Forest.
View from the Sandstone Trail looking towards Moel Fammau and on the right a picture of me with the Gruffalo in Delamere Forest.
My birthday on 16th February was great fun, I had squeaky toys and a special doggy birthday cake with a sip of Guinness. Normally I have a long run on my birthday but the weather was grim and the day before I had the slowest and wettest Park Run ever (30m 53s). Even with my 4-paw drive I struggled and my human was slipping a lot. And it rained, lots!
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| Six years old ! |
By the 19th March it was time to leave Bala for a while, but not before I had one last walk and a swim in Llyn Tegid, yes a proper swim!
Last look at the lake and swim before 'lock-down'
Because I don't live in Wales all the time I had to say 'bye-bye' to all my friends and head back to Cheshire, I didn't understand what was going on but when we got back my humans stopped going out in the car for weeks and weeks, nobody called to see me and I didn't go anywhere where I could socialise. As I am a lucky terrier I have got a garden to play in, my humans have built an agility course with jumps and a tunnel so I do have lots of fun.
And lots of cuddles...
It's now late May and during the last few weeks all my walks and runs have started and finished at my house, but that's OK because the walks have been been long and the runs have been interesting too, lots of things to sniff each day on the same routes but I don't mind.
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| Lovely old lanes on my daily exercise route with so much to sniff. |
Although I haven't had any hills or mountains to exercise on my human has kept me active, sometimes my daily exercise is running on the lanes while my human cycles, this is brilliant fun. I run beside the bike without getting tangled up, when we get to a road section (there's not much of this on the route) I have my lead on and run on the pavement. There's always lots of water to drink from my special water-bottle and a treat (or two) during the run.
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| On the trail.
Wags and woofs,
Stay safe,
Dexter 🐾
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