mud, mud and more mud...any excuse to get dirty!

Bright dry days and as many dogs as I can cram into my jeep makes me a happy woman. I had a great run this morning, hard and ankle not as strong as I'd hoped, but wonderful nonetheless. Diet not great this week and missing my 'raw energy' from the previous week. Think a cleanse is imminent!

The energy of the pack this morning was amazing, even with 3 bitches out of 6, it worked! Males are much easier (did I really just say that?) I have recently found that no longer listening to music whilst running allows me to connect better with the pack and perhaps have better control of them, instead of me being in a parallel universe of melody completely out of context to my surroundings.

Instead, the sound of my own breath, the dogs panting, the percussion of my feet and their paws on the earth is a symphony of its own and perhaps Spirit the conductor. Just in case you're thinking I've been sampling the mushrooms in the forest and chatting to fairies on the way, this is not the case. However, it is truly magical at moments and sometimes feel incredibly lucky to be part of it. I may be DOing, but am certainly BEing in my DOing or DOing less in my DOing which allows me to BE. Confused yet?

4 of the 6... the other 2 decided posing was not on their agenda

my two gorgeous boys Masai(left) and Zulu(right)

Masai: Is that a treat in her hand or she going to blind us again?

Zulu: Just smile and look obedient!

Not sure about all this running!

Running in the Pack: Back out there...

Running in the Pack: Back out there...: "Today was the first time in 10 days, after a sprained ankle, that I was able to run with the pack. The skies were blue, a fabulous Autumnal ..."

Back out there...

Today was the first time in 10 days, after a sprained ankle, that I was able to run with the pack. The skies were blue, a fabulous Autumnal day, and the ground albeit wet was not too muddy. We were joined by a new pack member, who initially wasn't sure about the running element to his walk, but soon got the idea and we were able to enjoy a gentle 5km run across the countryside, finished by a ball chuck.

This little guy to the left is a rescue and not quite in his 'power' as a well adjusted dog, but Zulu (middle) looked after him during the run and encouraged him to be part of the pack and come when recall was necessary.  Masai (right) is in 'heel-run training' with me preparing for our Mudman race in December, which he wasn't that happy about, but released him every few minutes and brought him to heel so he could get some play time out of the run. It was a harder run than in the past month as I seem to have lost a lot of fitness over the past 10 days but my body, mind and soul were happy to be out there again.  

A great start to the week... gorgeous doggy and earth energy, beautiful weather - so grounding and connecting!

A little something to share from a very wet, muddy Saturday walk...

Sending Autumnal Love to you all.