On 27. 09. 2015 Heidi and Chessy competed individually in bikejoring women in Stražun forest in Maribor, Slovenia. Heidi competed 1st, Chessy last. Barbara got to know the trail with Heidi, so with Chessy she could go a bit more relaxed knowing the trail a little bit more. Chessy was at the end 2.5 min faster from Heidi.
Heidi usually stops immediately when she want to poo, so there is hardly any time to stop the bike behind her. This time happened what we were always afraid off, i.e. there was not enough time to stop the bike, so Barbara hit Heidi's hind leg with the bike. Heidi moved a bit and pooped on. But from here on it was obvious that Heidi had fear and was not relaxed.
With Chessy it was obvious that we train a little bit wrong, i.e. she stopped every time when we passed certain length of trail - the length of stops was there there with our short training trail. When getting closer to finish line, she blocked a bit (like last time), but we managed to get through the finish line a bit better than last time.
We still need to train more and on longer trails with more turns, but the progress, especially with Chessy, was amazing.
Heidi usually stops immediately when she want to poo, so there is hardly any time to stop the bike behind her. This time happened what we were always afraid off, i.e. there was not enough time to stop the bike, so Barbara hit Heidi's hind leg with the bike. Heidi moved a bit and pooped on. But from here on it was obvious that Heidi had fear and was not relaxed.
With Chessy it was obvious that we train a little bit wrong, i.e. she stopped every time when we passed certain length of trail - the length of stops was there there with our short training trail. When getting closer to finish line, she blocked a bit (like last time), but we managed to get through the finish line a bit better than last time.
We still need to train more and on longer trails with more turns, but the progress, especially with Chessy, was amazing.
Along with Chessy and Heidi we took also Haru, who was amazed by bikejoring starts. He met new people, new dogs, tried vegetarian meal which he did not like much, had fun and came home tired.
Photos from the event are in the slideshow below. Thank you to all the photographers for the photos, organizers for such a nice event, trail on a such a lovely day, and all for the help. It was very nice to meet old faces after a long time.
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