Against the Wind . . . Iditarod 36
This last week and a half has been for me a time not unlike the mushers who are running the Iditarod. I have been working hard on several large bids and have not had more than a few hours of sleep on any given night lately. I have been ignoring almost everything around me to finish the bid that went out this afternoon and as such many things have been almost put on hold during this time period. The last few days of the Iditarod has been a wild romp through the wilds of nowhere Alaska . The two leaders, both past champions have been going in a slow leap frog-ing of each other along the trail. As each passed the other at different checkpoints there has been friendly banter of last years race and how both are using different strategies to win this year. Is it gamesmanship or just being a little cocky of oneself . . . as each seems to worked through the exhaustion, the lack of sleep, and the personalities of their many dogs in harness. What does it all mean? I think it m