{"id":738,"date":"2010-01-26T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.225.224.226\/~hskyhmst\/a-win-at-the-tustumena-200"},"modified":"2012-08-29T13:42:15","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T21:42:15","slug":"a-win-at-the-tustumena-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huskyhomestead.com\/a-win-at-the-tustumena-200\/","title":{"rendered":"A WIN at the Tustumena 200!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS I ONCE WAS, BUT I’M AS GOOD TWICE AS I EVER WAS.” ~ Jeff King<\/p>\n

Yee Ha! Victory #2!! And our third win in four tries at the Tustumena 200.<\/p>\n

Just got back from a great weekend on the Kenai Peninsula where the Tustumena 200 committee put on a fantastic event. I was particularly excited to bring the dogs to this race due to a recent run out the Denali Highway where the team just seemed to be on fire. Well, they really were. We covered the first 100 miles in 8 hours 8 minutes. A course record and certainly the fastest 100 miles that I’ve ever done as well (actually by a lot I think).<\/p>\n

The team consisted of: Viper, Dollar, Statler, Charger, Titan, Teddy, Call, Sussex, Deets, Snoopy, Panda, Alamo, Cadet and Ross. (I can’t believe that I almost sold Ross a month ago, he was awesome! – whew!) If there were any surprises (besides just going so damn fast) it was Snoopy. This short-haired son of Spaniel was the only dog in the team I was worried about, just because I had never raced him before. But he really stepped up to the plate and I was tempted to stop and put him in lead near the final checkpoint. I’m pretty sure he just carved out a spot on the 2010 Iditarod team.<\/p>\n

Team #2 run by Dave DeCaro had a stunning first half and chose to scratch in a conservative move to facilitate the upcoming Iditarod. All the dogs in his team, except one, are just 18 months old. They learned a ton and Dave thought it was in their best interest to not do the entire return trip. The team still ran a nice 150 miles and had their first camp out at a checkpoint with other dog teams – all of that excitement kept them awake for part of the night, but they’re catching on!<\/p>\n

Check out the JibJab<\/a> of Dave and I on my Facebook page! (Thanks to Melinda Smith) Pretty sure you’ll get a chuckle out of it…. <\/p>\n

I’d like to thank my stellar crew of dog handlers and strategists. CC Skinner, Dave ‘Dog Care’ DeCaro, Jason ‘9-toe’ Reppart, and newbie Caroline Sheftel (whose mother keeps FB-ing me). Kiwi Tracy kept the home fires burning and the entire team is getting together tonight to watch ‘The Hangover’.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few pictures from the weekend…. <\/p>\n

\"Harnessed,<\/a>

Harnessed, bootied and ready!<\/p><\/div>\n

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A pre-race meeting of the minds – Jeff & Dave.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jeff’s team heading to the starting chute!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Panda<\/a>

Panda & Snoopy ready to go at the start!!<\/p><\/div>\n

We will upload some more pictures to share with you from the weekend very soon!<\/p>\n

The Denali Doubles is the next event on the roster. We currently have one empty spot and are hopeful that the race will fill by the February 11 start.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned!!
\nJeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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