by elsietee » Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:34 pm
Dallas in WM:
Also ski poling coming in.
Checker: "Hey Dallas, welcome to Nome..."
Dallas: <laughs> "Uh, we're not quite there yet..."
[someone's awake!?]
Q (Heister): Can you take him? Can you win this race?
Dallas, immediately "no <laughs>, unless something goes wrong. I don't think so. I don't know his time, but isn't he like three hours ahead? Ever since Cripple, this race has kind of been over for us - I think I told you back there, we kind of have to build the team back up, and that's what I've been working on, but it's tough when you have a three hour deficit.
They're doing great [as he is handing out snacks to eager dogs] we ran a hell of a race with them, and I'm pretty damn proud of getting them here, the way they looked at the beginning and the sickness and everything, to get it back together as a team, that we can actually be here in a pretty dang acceptable position, I should say. And you don't win them all, but every 1,000 mile race is about facing challenges with your dog team - our challenges this year didn't happen to be the competition, it was getting over sickness and that sort of stuff - and we achieved that, we're here, and I think we have a pretty solid lead over third [looks back up the trail, laughing], and Brent ought to be proud - good run!
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elsietee AT ponyhill DOT org
Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, CA
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