Ok, I'll tell you but I'm sure I'll hear about. One of my first races was the Kobuk 440 in 2005. I was running mostly with Dave Monson, and Toleff Monson. We were at the last checkpoint staying for 6 hours or so and we all agreed to leave together. It was Dave's idea. Well, I woke up and Dave was long gone, lol. I remember walking outside and seeing his empty spot and thinking "man, I'm an idiot". He ended up beating me by 45 minutes or so. Luckily for me Toleff woke me up. Good guy. That was first taste of the sly, sneaky part of the mushing world. After that I learned to never listen to anybody and now I even try to play the game if I can by saying things like, "Oh, I'll probably stay for 6 hours" and then leave in 3 or "Wow, your team isn't looking so hot, you should rest a little longer", things like that
MelanieGouldFanBrian wrote:Hey Mike:
When you answered my question about Veterans helping Rookies you made the statement below:
There are a lot of people trying to psych each other out and you can't trust what anyone says. It can be very cutthroat, but I don't think it's malicious, just strategy. I kind of learned that the hard way.
Can you elaborate on what you learned the hard way? Sounds like there's a story here that we fans might be interested in.
MgfBrian
Yes Stig! Steelers will win Superbowl!