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Comments on: Iditarod 2019 – Day 10 https://whynow.dumka.us/2019/03/11/iditarod-2019-day-10/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:43:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2019/03/11/iditarod-2019-day-10/comment-page-1/#comment-88456 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:16:59 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=42891#comment-88456 Marcelle had one of the longest Quest’s in this century as a rookie. The Quest allowed her and Mikail Talpin to finish even though they were way behind the other teams. She lives out in the middle of nothing in the Yukon, so she has to be prepared for any eventuality.

I would have thought that one finish would prove her point, but Cindy was competing against herself more than anyone else.

Nicolas pushed himself a little too hard, and his body and puppies were not having it. That’s why he is stalled on the way Koyuk.

Yes, Jessie et al. are up where they should be. It looks like the ‘rookie’ will be a Quest musher, but the field of veterans is more used to these lousy conditions. At least the winds haven’t been that bad, but the ice offshore is not to be trusted.

]]> By: JuanitaM https://whynow.dumka.us/2019/03/11/iditarod-2019-day-10/comment-page-1/#comment-88455 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:15:15 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=42891#comment-88455 Looked like Nicolas Petit and Pete Kaiser were going to just keep switching positions until I noticed that Ulsom has also pulled ahead. A reporter was asking questions of Petit when he arrived at one point while he was eating. The guy looked ravenous and was trying to pile in the food and talk to the reporter at the same time. lol. Petit was pretty nice about it, but I have been known to get a little cranky when I haven’t eaten. 🙂

Nice to see three of the women in the top 10: Jessie, Aliy, and Paige.

Sad for Marcelle Fressineau having to scratch, too. She had said this would be her last Iditarod, so I was hoping she would be able to finish. She’s the one that ran up on bison last year and her dogs got really excited about it. Apparently her lead dog thought better of it, and ran back into the team tangling everybody up, so this prompted Fressineau to try to scare the bison with an ax (trying to look larger and scarier according to her YouTube video). Yikes. One tough lady.

It was also Cindy’s last run according to the Iditarod musher detail. I always wondered how she managed for so long, and one can’t help but admire her for her determination. At least she had a couple finishes under her belt which is a lot to be proud of.

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