Day 2-The Flintstones: Barney and Deno! Big thanks to Laurel Shaw Wallace for posting/tagging the photos on Facebook!
Day 2 is over! With a finish of 1:56:06 with 11 dogs running, 1 (Austin) in the bag!
Eric Lancer, well known Rondy musher and radio reporter for KHAR 590 LIVE coverage of the Fur Rondy reported: "Rob Worden is running a single leader, he did have two white ones before. Looks like they have found a pace and look comfortable; albeit a little slower."
Here are Rob's comments and thoughts for Day 2:
2012 Fur Rendezvous Open Class World Championship Race
"I am learning an enormous amount in racing by stretching out the distance. It is nothing like running 14 miles. I can tell you that I definitely feel now that the wooden Chatmac isn't the best steering. I will be running the Spyder Pro for . 10 miles into the race I had to load Austin. For another 17 miles, the dogs had to carry a 65lb dog to the finish. I shouldn't have brought him. I got tangled with another musher on the trail. That held us up for quite a while. And when I was messing around with untangling both of our teams dogs, I should have made a couple switches around. I definitely could have saved some time. But what are you going to do, you live and learn! I am a first generation musher, here. It makes a big difference when your the 3rd, 4th or 5th. You get the little tricks and tips about the trade. I will definitely be seeking out a mentor or any solid advice."
"Deno was giving me trouble from the start of Day 2, trying to get at Holland, a female in season. So I contemplated running Barney in single lead and I thought, "No body runs single lead in the Rondy, anymore." But, I know he is an exceptional dog and could handle the position. Barney ran 17 miles in single lead! Talk about an extraordinary dog. Might even be considering it for Day 3. It's going to be a tough day for us because we just aren't conditioned for this. But the dogs keeping up with Rondy are the ones in fall training that were sticking around the 4 wheeler when I free ran. Another mistake..a lot of my good dogs ran too hard, too long free running and they were out in November. One of the reasons Austin is being dropped, he's just not as well conditioned. I am running with 8 on day 3, dropping Jewel, Austin, BumbleBee and Luke."
"I was quite pleased with my head on pass with Ken Chezik. To see my young team of dogs pass beautifully by the leader of the Fur Rondy is really something! I am very happy for Ken and Lori! They really deserve this win!"
"I'm out there thanking all the municipalities for their service. All the volunteers and fans, too! I love to see the sport of mushing so well loved. Speaking of, one of the timer at the checkpoint says that I am her new favorite open team [chuckles]. She said, "I love the way that you handle the dogs and how well behaved they are!" She even wanted to buy one of the shirts we made to fundraise for me to get up here!"
"And you know on the radio broadcast, when I heard myself say that the Fur Rondy was a warm up for ONAC...I probably sounded like such a rookie but you know ONAC is 20 miles for 3 days. I know the dogs that are finishing Rondy have that in them. So, strangely this is a huge training experience for all of us. And we really are having a great time. Working our tails off...but having fun!"
Good luck, Rob and dogs on the FINAL DAY!
Eric Lancer, well known Rondy musher and radio reporter for KHAR 590 LIVE coverage of the Fur Rondy reported: "Rob Worden is running a single leader, he did have two white ones before. Looks like they have found a pace and look comfortable; albeit a little slower."
Here are Rob's comments and thoughts for Day 2:
2012 Fur Rendezvous Open Class World Championship Race
"I am learning an enormous amount in racing by stretching out the distance. It is nothing like running 14 miles. I can tell you that I definitely feel now that the wooden Chatmac isn't the best steering. I will be running the Spyder Pro for . 10 miles into the race I had to load Austin. For another 17 miles, the dogs had to carry a 65lb dog to the finish. I shouldn't have brought him. I got tangled with another musher on the trail. That held us up for quite a while. And when I was messing around with untangling both of our teams dogs, I should have made a couple switches around. I definitely could have saved some time. But what are you going to do, you live and learn! I am a first generation musher, here. It makes a big difference when your the 3rd, 4th or 5th. You get the little tricks and tips about the trade. I will definitely be seeking out a mentor or any solid advice."
"Deno was giving me trouble from the start of Day 2, trying to get at Holland, a female in season. So I contemplated running Barney in single lead and I thought, "No body runs single lead in the Rondy, anymore." But, I know he is an exceptional dog and could handle the position. Barney ran 17 miles in single lead! Talk about an extraordinary dog. Might even be considering it for Day 3. It's going to be a tough day for us because we just aren't conditioned for this. But the dogs keeping up with Rondy are the ones in fall training that were sticking around the 4 wheeler when I free ran. Another mistake..a lot of my good dogs ran too hard, too long free running and they were out in November. One of the reasons Austin is being dropped, he's just not as well conditioned. I am running with 8 on day 3, dropping Jewel, Austin, BumbleBee and Luke."
"I was quite pleased with my head on pass with Ken Chezik. To see my young team of dogs pass beautifully by the leader of the Fur Rondy is really something! I am very happy for Ken and Lori! They really deserve this win!"
"I'm out there thanking all the municipalities for their service. All the volunteers and fans, too! I love to see the sport of mushing so well loved. Speaking of, one of the timer at the checkpoint says that I am her new favorite open team [chuckles]. She said, "I love the way that you handle the dogs and how well behaved they are!" She even wanted to buy one of the shirts we made to fundraise for me to get up here!"
"And you know on the radio broadcast, when I heard myself say that the Fur Rondy was a warm up for ONAC...I probably sounded like such a rookie but you know ONAC is 20 miles for 3 days. I know the dogs that are finishing Rondy have that in them. So, strangely this is a huge training experience for all of us. And we really are having a great time. Working our tails off...but having fun!"
Good luck, Rob and dogs on the FINAL DAY!
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