Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Nari's first Masters title!

Nari and I packed up the car and headed to Murfreesboro, TN a couple of weeks ago. It was a 3 day trial run by Happy Dog Ranch - love their trials. We entered in all 3 tournaments. We didn't put together a team before hand but we totally lucked out and had an amazing draw team - a super fast BC named Shine and super fast sheltie named Stuff - both had amazing handlers. We ended up getting Qs in all three tournaments and our DAM team even took 1st place!! And you know what you get for first place - a shiny gold agility medal - it even has agility equipment on it:




And 5 seconds after I took this picture, I turned around and Nari was rolling around the mud while wearing her medal. 


I was also proud that we qualified in Grand Prix because the only other team that qualified in our height group was Cheer and Jean! Oh - and we finished our first Masters title - Nari is now a Tournament Master!


Here are a couple of Nari's tournament Q runs:



Another highlight of the trial was we got to run the Masters Relay with Jean and Cheer - 1st place and Q:



We were also so close to getting a SuperQ in Snooker. We got a lot of practice on threadles in this run:



And here are a couple of other runs from the trial:



I also learned that my shoes are pretty crappy - I was sliding around a lot so I'm on the lookout for some shoes that will grip better in dirt arenas! 


We had a blast at that trial. I love all of the people who trial in our area - they have been so nice to us. 
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5 comments:

  1. SophieMay 4, 2011 at 7:24 AM

    Congratulations on the Masters title!! I love reading your blog - your dogs are absolutely adorable! :)

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  2. KarissaMay 4, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    Clean Run sells plenty of shoes made for running outdoors or in dirt. I used to have a pair of Agile Gear shoes that I loved, but they finally bit the dust after three years. I replaced them with a pair of Asics trail runners that I bought locally. Trail runners are great for running on natural surfaces -- grippy, but not too grippy. I actually had to be careful in my Agile Gear shoes -- The "cleats" on those were so big that I had to be careful not to turn my knee on front crosses.

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  3. physikerinMay 4, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    YAAAY! Congrats, Nari and Steffi!!! :D

    Faraday is proud. ;)

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  4. SteffiMay 6, 2011 at 6:08 AM

    Thank you so much Sophie and Jess :)

    Karissa -thanks, I just ordered a pair of trial runners! The shoes I had been using essentially had no tread left and I got so fed up with them last weekend during our mud trial. I've also seen people use those Vibram five finger shoes but those seem pretty weird to me.

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  5. KarissaMay 6, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    Yeah, they are catching on in this area and they look creepy. I couldn't try them if I wanted to -- My toes are too long. :o)

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