Active Expert: Gale Bernhardt: Favorite Running Trail

Yesterday I had plans to go for a run on my favorite running trail. The trail is a bit of a drive out of town, but well worth it if you have a good buddy to share the run with.

A few years back, my best buddy Cathy (aka "Buffy #1 - but that's a different story) and I trained one year for a 30K trail run and a 50K run the following year. My best memories of running come out of these two years.

Unfortunately, Cathy got the flu and we had to reschedule the run.

The photo I've included is Cathy and our dogs Pete and Shelby. Pete is the Wirehair Pointer and Shelby is the Ridgeback. Cathy is explaining to them that we need to turn around at this point in the run. The sign says:

Backcountry

Permits Required

For Fires or Camping

Vehicles, Weapons, Pets

& Bicycles Prohibited

Pete and Shelby do not understand what the problem is, because they are not "pets" - rather, they consider themselves just one of the gang - of people.

This photo was taken about five years ago. I hope to get you new shots, or video, in the next month.

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Mar 21, 2008 7:11 PM Reply

MegNH

Gale, that is one beautiful dog.

Mar 22, 2008 3:33 PM Reply

Gale Bernhardt in response to: MegNH

Thanks Meg ~

I lost my sweet running pal Shelby in January of 2007, she was only 9-1/2. She had degenerative mylopathy - which boils down to the dog version of Multiple Sclerosis. We had gotten a new Ridgeback, Meeka, about four months before Shelby began showing symptoms of DM. It took awhile to figure out what was going on and we tried every stop-gap remedy possible. The two dogs had about a year and a quarter together. I still think about her most every day.

Meeka is a treat and a fabulous dog as well. You'll see more photos of her later.

Mar 22, 2008 5:29 PM Reply