My Yukon Quest
I harnessed up my dogs and put them in order. The race was going to begin in 5 minutes. I put Mysty and Charm in lead, then I put Star and Buddy behind them. When all the dogs were in place I got ready to start. This time, I was the first to leave. I would get a few minutes had start in front of all the others mushers.
The race has started ! My dogs were running as fast as they could, speeding down the track. I looked back, the next team was about to leave. I urged my team foreward, faster and faster they went. I looked back again, the next team just left. I was still in the lead! I was happy,so were my dogs. They howled in delight!
The next morning we ran for hours. We came into Carmacks. We found out that we still were in the lead, we rested for a few hours then we left. We came around a wide turn to see a lot of jumble ice. I slowed down my team and carefully made my team through the ice. A few minutes later we came out of the jumble ice and headed on our way.
Days later we finished the race. We came in 1st place! My dogs and I were extremely happy. We just won $30,000! I decided I would use it for my kennel called Moonlit Kennels. I decided I would come back next year to race. Then the race would start in Fairbanks. By: Amanda