PHILLIPE'S BIKE REPAIR RACE RESULTS

15 Dogs and 11 sets of wheels left the start line Saturday. Racing through the trees on a winding, climbing , falling trail neither the dogs nor their monkeys could afford to lose concentration over the short 3/4 and 4 mile courses. Numerous tyre drags around tighter than expected corners, or to negotiate tree roots attested to the technical nature of the Marsh Lake Community Centre's X country Ski Trails.

And what a great centre, as a club, it has a restaurant and bar, the perfect way to relax after an evening having fun with dogs and dodging trees. It would probably make for a very fun sprint sled and skijor competition, to add to the famous Marsh Lake Ski and Bike Loppets. Many thanks to the centre and Simi Morrison for letting us use their trails, and cliub facilities.

With recent rain the trails of damp earth made for cool temperatures and the dogs had a great time. Race vet Cayolynne Fudja DVM, doubled as Official Timer, and Laura J. Lucas was Race Marshmallow as Gene "I do really have a boyfriend, it's just no-one else can see him" had an "important" date with Mr Invisible - I mean, c'mon, get your priorities right next time. Becky Cadsand dodged out of a wedding reception to compete!

Asha the Rottie made it 2 out of 2, winning the Pet dog again, and Assman of Snowpigs came storming back after having some "leading issues" in recent training to take the 1 sled dog, closely followed by local Marsh Lake Musher Colin Morrison (trading in his long distance sled for a bike) teaching long distance Khombu that sprint is much more fun. Baby Jesus was unfortunately feeling unwell after pigging into a sack of dog food and looked about 8 months pregnanat so Susie Rogan took Texas the muscle monster and a scooter, but was sadly unable to catch Assman - perhaps next time eh? or not. Linda Krafta (running Drag n Fly) beat Tony Radford into second in the gruelling 4 mile 2 sled dog category. No-one showed for the Canicross class, which really was a missed opportunity to pick up $50 for taking your dog for a 3/4 mile walk.

Everyone used bikes this time, except Jonathan Lucas, and Susie Rogan, on scooters.

1 Pet Dog 1 mile

1 - Asha - Jon Lucas - Snowpigs - 3.47
2 - Becky Cadsand - 4.30
3 - Linda Kafta - 6.01 (but her dog got back a lot earlier than the cyclist......)

1 Sled Dog 1 mile

1 - Assman - Jon Lucas - Snowpigs - 3.11
2 - Khonboo - Colin Morrison - Pinocchios Springs - 4.06
3 - Texas - Susie Rogan - Gatt Kennel - 4.14
4 - - Becky Cadsand - 5.26

2 sled dog 4 mile

1 - Linda Krafta - Drag n Fly - 18.39
2 - Tony Radford - Drag n Fly - 19.11
3 - Jon Lucas - Drag n Fly - 19.35
4 - Becky Cadsand - Drag n Fly - 20.09

Next race - ICY WATERS LTD, Saturday Sept 15th, 5pm -earlier time, the nights are drawing in, and the snow is coming)
All prizes: Arctic Charr for dogs and monkeys; and this time the 1 mile is a full one mile. Pot Luck BBQ afte the races.

Photos coming soon