Gusto & Fletch training log

https://youtu.be/apvLt_HPUWM?si=YHksdT4xfWOMT4DK Fletch has now been on high dose steroids for one month. Plan: stairstep at 4 hours. Goal: build his confidence with age. Reality: I ran it at 3’45”. I got nervous about how old it was going to be! Laid it with a S10-20, walk 20-30, food at 10-15, pattern. Scuffed all turns, woods entrance, and little projection of deeper cover by pink flags. Food in article in woods, and article after woods (very small article). Restar

He’s finally feeling better, thought we’d give it a try. 2’35” old. Start and turns scuffed. One intermediate article. Goal: parallel woods smoothly. Quite happy with this. Nice start, lovely turns, and ignored the woods line. Great articles! https://youtu.be/CFS7N6KEBa8?si=xOZT_-8fqqrfczl0

4 starts, 1,2,3,4 hours old. He was distracted on the first legs, and pretty darn good after the article on the turn. Don’t love the distraction piece, will stay at 6’ next time out. Articles are improving, next track will be articles, and not at home. His energy feels a bit low, and his little hop is missing. Thinking I might not let the line run, but rather ask for a bit of a pull next time. While I didn’t love the distraction, I also didn’t see much difference between