Hot Hot Hot Agility!
Boy, I don't do heat very well and this weekend was HOT! Of course I thought we had already used up our allotment of HOT weather when I sent in my entriea 2 weeks ago. Turns out I was wrong and it was over 100 degrees on Friday and Saturday. Today it was only around 90 so it felt much better. Did I already mention how much I hate the heat? well I do and it showed on Friday. I was totally off my game and even got a bit lost on course! I am blaming it on the heat and the sweat rolling down into my eyes. I gave myself a stern talking to that evening and felt like I was more in charge of myself on Saturday. Of course the sweat still ran but I managed to keep my mind on the plan! Yay me! Yay Demi too, she never let down on me all weekend no matter how stupid I was or how hot it was. Good girl Demi.
I am trying to make an effort get videos of my runs. You know, get a little serious about trying to improve how I run agility. I won a coupon in a raffle a few trials ago and was able to use it this weekend by buying four runs.
This is our Jumpers run from Saturday. We did Q but I am clearly out of shape and was late late late, sigh.
Our Standard run from Saturday was also a Q (a double Q day!) again, I am late and while we are getting our weaves and she didn't break a startling stay all weekend I see that I am allowing her contact criteria to slide. She should be 2o2o and yet I am releasing her before she does that. I know I am doing it because I say "yes!" To release her so am I ok with that? Hmmmm.
Sunday's Standard run. . . Other than the fact that I am STILL out of shape I thought I was doing a bit better other than my weird body/arm motions as Demi comes off the teeter the run doesn't make me gag completely. It looks like I was starting to signal a front cross at the teeter but why Why why???
I have been working on Demi's weave entries the past two weeks because she has been skipping the first pole on soft sided entries. I am very happy to report that she made every single entry this weekend. Unfortunately she got a little hung up in the weaves on her last run of the weekend. She made the entry but I felt bad she got caught up. Obviously we did not qualify on this run because she skipped a pole mid stream but she ran well and happy. Again, I am so out of shape and have I mentioned late as well?
I am trying to make an effort get videos of my runs. You know, get a little serious about trying to improve how I run agility. I won a coupon in a raffle a few trials ago and was able to use it this weekend by buying four runs.
This is our Jumpers run from Saturday. We did Q but I am clearly out of shape and was late late late, sigh.
Click to viewOur Standard run from Saturday was also a Q (a double Q day!) again, I am late and while we are getting our weaves and she didn't break a startling stay all weekend I see that I am allowing her contact criteria to slide. She should be 2o2o and yet I am releasing her before she does that. I know I am doing it because I say "yes!" To release her so am I ok with that? Hmmmm.
Sunday's Standard run. . . Other than the fact that I am STILL out of shape I thought I was doing a bit better other than my weird body/arm motions as Demi comes off the teeter the run doesn't make me gag completely. It looks like I was starting to signal a front cross at the teeter but why Why why???
I have been working on Demi's weave entries the past two weeks because she has been skipping the first pole on soft sided entries. I am very happy to report that she made every single entry this weekend. Unfortunately she got a little hung up in the weaves on her last run of the weekend. She made the entry but I felt bad she got caught up. Obviously we did not qualify on this run because she skipped a pole mid stream but she ran well and happy. Again, I am so out of shape and have I mentioned late as well?