Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amy Maria your good luck to Randy today helped!!

We will start with the bad............got up to the line going out 1st today a little more stressed than I would like (no lead line on the leaders, not many people to help, GPS not working though I had just rushed into try and charge it, ointment for the dog's feet too hard so I had to put it on the burner in hot water to soften it) then the worst begins...........up to the line, Max (the race organizer) has a release mechanism that he thinks is good and should work, 2 times the dogs lurch forward several feet, I don't know what's going on cause I am at the front with the lead dogs, then they count down to go,"5, 4,3,2,1,0" and I let go of the leaders and the guy holding Sarah in point lets go, Sarah jumps over the line and gets tangled, the leaders get overrun by the point dogs, they don't release the sled for who knows how many seconds, and finally they move ahead with the leaders tangled with the point dogs and Sarah tangled and Randy is off into the trail!!! I was so mad I could have spit nails and though I didn't hear it, Randy was mad also leaving the chute- I went right over to the race marshal Harris Dunlap, and said "that was not fair"!!!!!!! Madd, madd, madd! I was still so mad I went into the back of the truck to look for more glycocharge and stepped backward into the air and fell on my butt!!

The really good news is that Sarah got out of the tangle, Randy had to stop only once for Patent in point to get out of over the line, and he actually came in at 50 minutes and 50 seconds (is what we heard over the loud speaker) and the first time sheet (there might be more because of the protests about the way the race started - and we were not the only ones - 4 more after Randy) says Randy is in 4th with 50 min and 53 seconds! that's out 26 teams racing! So there may be a new update once the protests are dealt with. 2 dogs did not seem to go as fast as he was going .

and will be eliminated for tomorrow.
So the final results are that Randy is still 4th with 50:48 and is 34 sec from 3rd!

We just spent some time talking to Serge Pomerleau's trainers in the lodge and Randy went down to see the Swedish runner specialist (he was brought here to the race just to wax the runners of the Swedish team - both dog sled drivers and skiers with dogs)

The video from my second day of racing finally loaded - even though it is sideways!
Over and out till tomorrow!