ROTY

[Deerskin and Anja]

doy! why didn't i pick up on that! thanks....now i've gotten this out of the way, as my idiot question for the week, nothing worse should happen! ^o^

[Breeze]

Well, lookie lookie, Melissa Owens wants a shot at ROTY, too. WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!

Breeze

[mamamia]

How cool! Its a race!

[Moose]

And it looks like she'll give Kleedehn a run for his money. She popped into Unk at 8:40, rested for 8, and moved out at 4:39. Kleedehn came in 20 minutes after she did, rested for 6 hours, and left ahead of her, just after 3:00. His speed into Unk was a notch above hers, but that extra two hours of rest much punch her speed up a bit. We've got a new race for ROTY.

I didn't see until a few minutes ago that Rohn has dropped half his team. There has to be a story there, or at least some information that I've missed. Can anyone bring me up to speed?

[Skip95]

I haven't heard about Rohn's team. I picked him for ROTY and am a little bummed. However, looking back at the stats, he was really "humpin' it" those first couple of days. Not only was he going full-out right off the bat, but it looks like (just my guess) that he was already cutting rest to try to keep up. My guess is that he went out of the gate too fast, started losing dogs, and still tried to keep up which made more dogs drop quicker. Just my guess, might be completely wrong. Hope he and the rest of the dogs are okay and that he comes into Nome in one piece. That'll be neat to see his dad give him a big hug. If I were Martin, I'd be as proud as can be. I'd also be relieved that my kid didn't kick my tail right off the bat.

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[tilstede]

Rohn is down to 7 dogs now. Might still be a ROTY ... later ... if he is forced to quit.

Think his age is to his disadvantage.

[Moose]

You could well be right, Tilstede. Several times Rohn and/or Martin stressed that Rohn was driving the "B" team, not the puppy team. He sure went out fast and hard. Without pretending to know him, perhaps youthful exuberance has worked against him this year. He's also said this is a one-time event for him. Hopefully he'll change his mind. But did that cause him to push a little harder than he might have otherwise? I wonder how helpful Martin has been to him during the race. Is he offering fatherly advice in one form or another, or is he focused on his own race?

In any event, Go Busers!

[Di*]

I haven't checked the full list of race stats in a while, where is Rohn at(placement) now? How Melissa?

[mithious]

Rohn is down to 7 dogs now. Might still be a ROTY ... later ... if he is forced to quit.

Think his age is to his disadvantage.

Rohn's dogs got the doggie flu...that's why he has been dropping dogs like crazy......just a bit of bad luck and traveling in the middle of the pack.....he will be fine as long as those 8 pups running are still healthy.......

[Moose]

Melissa Owens was out of Shak approx. 3.5 hours ahead of William Kleehden. He took a good rest there; she did not...though she could have rested prior to or after leaving the cp. Close ROTY race here.