It\u2019s starting to feel like spring has really sprung around here.<\/p>\n
The weather is lovely, and everything is turning green again. The dogs spend all day in the garden, which apparently is much harder work than spending all day in the kitchen. And also more exciting; Dylan was the most annoying dog ever yesterday.<\/p>\n
And the bee-holes are back! That\u2019s as sure a sign of spring as anything. The bee-holes, for those who don\u2019t know, are little piles of dirt a couple of cms high with a perfect hole in the middle. They\u2019re made when the bees climb out of wherever they\u2019ve been hiding all winter; I assume when the soil reaches a certain temperature or something. There aren\u2019t that many right now but they\u2019re appearing between the tree roots and the hard packed soil next to and on the paths. I haven\u2019t actually seen any bees emerging yet, they clearly all get up earlier than I do, but I have seen lots of bees out doing the rounds.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re starting to work on getting the dogs fitter for the summer season too, as we\u2019ve been a bit lax over the past couple of months. Kim is carrying a bit of extra weight that I\u2019d like her to lose, and Dylan\u2019s recovery time after a hard walk is pretty appalling really. Both the girls have usually come in and fallen asleep by the time he\u2019s starting to stop panting, although I suppose he does do more running than they do.<\/p>\n
Lots of hill reps anyway, and now it\u2019s lighter we can extend their walks to loop around the edge of the res. Hopefully that will improve their general stamina, endurance and fitness, and we\u2019ll probably do some sprints to make sure they\u2019re keeping those acceleration muscles trim.<\/p>\n
Off to EMDAC this weekend, the forecast isn\u2019t so good but fingers crossed. I\u2019m really hoping Kim will be feeling her crazy a little more, and I\u2019m actually pretty excited about running Dylan. There are some interesting games classes that I haven\u2019t done before, and Kim is in her first proper Novice classes so I\u2019m looking forward to having courses that we can actually do again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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