I have not been feeling like much going on is very “blogworthy”…. maybe it’s more like I haven’t felt like blogging. But I guess this past weekend was fairly worthy!
I attended the Fleet Feet DAM team trial in Turner, OR. What a wonderful trial – despite the heat. It was one ring and all team event. I was on the Running with the Bulls team consisting of Rowan, Proton the Staffy, and Zoe the Aussie. Alas… no video. I just didn’t feel like getting it out of the case and asking someone who I didn’t know very well to film me. Oh Well. I do wish I had it now… I really want to get better about filming so I can evaluate my handling.
We did well as a team. Karen and Zoe really carried us with many clean, fast runs. Rowan and I had some faults that just added points to our overall time and I feel like she ran really well! She got all her contacts… minus the teeter flyoff… but she was in the yellow 
– downed bars were due to me calling her over the bars… (I could just hear Daisy saying – “you’re late!”) But overall she ran nicely – I was very pleased with her consistency. She maintained good speed – I never felt like I was cheerleading her. And I felt like I was consistent with my handling overall and I pushed my comfort zone a bit here and there with good success. No course seems too difficult due to the courses that we run in class Wednesday nights and there was some good challenge that we have not been getting in the Starters courses.
We were 3rd going into the final run – team relay and ended up 14th overall! That’s the Q Prot and Rowan needed for Nationals!!
We also Q’d for a second time in Grand Prix – so that wraps up her Q’s for Nationals in the Grand Prix as well.
Next stop – Super Regionals!
Also in the works: The new Fitness Challenge started last week, Banjo needs to get weave poles down because he will have his first trial in August, I need to decide if I am going to run team in Regionals and then if I am going to Nationals…..
