A view of the world from the eyes of a
human being...
Reporting in from the 2006 Iditarod in Anchorage, Alaska, where our
very own reporter calls home, we welcome Robin Rosay.
Last One
I hate to say this, but it's time for me to get back to my regular
life. All kinds of things have been on hold for the last two weeks. At
least I kept exercising. Actually, I didn't have any choice. The Daily
News does this little contest every year at this time called Iditicize.
You get a team of four people and exercise a minimum of 15 minutes and a
maximum of 60 minutes per day. Five minutes of exercise equals one
mile. Each week there is a hazard drawing. You can win up to 50 extra
miles or draw a zero. The team I'm on (The Miss'd Nomers) was in first
place after the first week and drew the only +50. The second place team
drew the +50 this week, but we were far enough ahead that our +20 kept
us ahead of them again. We were also the first team to the halfway
point and each team member got a 15 minute chair massage for a prize.
It's fun. We have a bit of an advantage by having three night shift
people on the team. Since the exercise day begins and ends at midnight,
we night shifters can exercise after we get home from work while all the
day shifters are sleeping. If we have to call in a time - like halfway
or all the way to Nome - we can get a big jump on them.
There wasn't much going on with the other race today. EXCEPT, one racer
was withdrawn by the Iditarod Trail Committee. If a musher falls so far
behind that they aren't competitive anymore, they get asked to leave the
race. The musher was Ben Valks of Holland. You got his picture on Day 5.
The first of the last photos today is Katrina Pawlaczyk. She had a team
from Lynda Plettner's kennel. She is currently in last place and is
still 123 miles from Nome.
The second of the last photos is Dean Rosiar II from Marblehead, Ohio.
He came in at 45th place in eleven days, seventeen hours and thirteen
minutes. Dean came into Nome with seven dogs.
The last of the last photos is Aily Zirkle. She was the first woman to
win the Yukon Quest (the other 1000 miler) in 2000. Last year she
placed 11th. This year Aily came in at 14th place in ten days, 0 hours
and 37 minutes with nine dogs left in her team.
The Norwegian web site hasn't updated since Bjornar made it to Nome.
They had some though conditions this year.
Fresh snow in places, drifting snow in places. Minus 50 degrees in
places. It's never the same two years in a row.
I hope you had as much fun reading this stuff as I did reporting on it.
Robin
Sledding anyone?
(Photos courtesy of Robin Rosay.)
Who are these 2 teams from the Afterburners Flyball Club in Ottawa,
Ontario -- Formula 1 and Pit Crew? Find out here.
What is Flyball? Find out more about this interesting sport by clicking here.
A view of the world from the eyes Robin Rosay continues on the
next page...
(Copyright,
2006. Used with permission from Robin Rosay.)
Keep an eye open for different topics of interest such as: profiles on
people and their dogs, to name but a few interesting topics...Also, have a look at what Rita Susanto and "Justin" have been up to these
days.
Why not be part of "out and about" and send in your canine
companion's accomplishments to us. To do so, please send us a brief description of how you
both did in the event(s) along with the location(s) you and your canine were both in to: NK Concepts - Dog Supply Training Specialist.
