Well, this will be the last blog that you get from me until I return to Fairbanks next week. Thanks to the great support of the staff here at Hutchison, I will be hitting the road with my "crew" (Alyssa, Laura, Inge and the dogs) at 1pm today, from the Hutchison High School Parking Lot. We hope to be in Whitehorse by late tonight, so that we can get some sleep before the Musher/Handler meeting at 10am on Friday. My vet check is scheduled for 4:15pm, after the Musher meeting.
Right now, I'm very anxious to get on the road. I'm trying to envision peaceful things...but my stomach is just doing flip-flops. It's the drive down. Tok is like the Bermuda Triangle for me and the last time I had signed up for the Quest 300 in Whitehorse, I didn't make it to the starting line (see my journal on my webpage www.geocities.com/runningswiftkennel/). So, if we can make it to Whitehorse safely and in good time, I will feel SO much better.
After that, it'll all be focusing on the trail. Not the whole trail...but each section/leg at a time. I plan to do a run/rest schedule that will allow my dogs to run at their peak speeds, then rest before they would start getting overtired. This is a conservative strategy, but one that will help keep the dogs healthy and happy. I will gauge off of the dogs, reading them to see how they are performing and make decisions based on those observations. Yes, I'd like to be competitive...but the main goal is to finish, period.
I'll be back with updates and stories...stay tuned! In the meantime, you can follow the race at www.yukonquest300.com for updates along the trail.
Thank you to EVERYONE who helped us get to this point. Without you, we wouldn't be able to do this race. Cheers!
-Tammi and the pooches
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