Tustumena 200 Weekend

Zoya is off on the 200 and I am the Handler Dude. Not sure everyone thinks is so tough about handling....though I do need to figure out what sort of coffee to drink. And..... I may have to clean up straw here---that sure seems like 12 hours of work! Nice to have cell-internet so I can work on some stuff though. Taxes seem like the thing.
Zoya is off to a good start in the 200---she was thru the first checkpoint at the gravel pad with the leaders. We should hear soon from the next checkpoint. She started with 12 dogs; two of them repeats from the Klondike. That team finished with all dogs at 100%---no feet issues or anything at all.
She lead out with the little spook-dog; Galen and then of course, Sebe. Sebe is so cool, she stands completely turned around at the start, paying no attention to the hub-bub around her. She can't hear Zoya yell to go, but Galen pulls forward until Sebe finally gets the signal from Zoya and takes off. They stayed right side up across the road. (not everybody did).
Fastest thru the Gravel Pad at mile 27 was Jerry Sousa at 1:58, Steyer @ 2:00, then 4 or 5 more from 2:08-2:11; Zoya was in that group @ 2:10. Off for now; more later, john