Goals And Ambition: The Don Bowers 200- Part 1

The Don Bowers race is over! 

I am home, had a short nap, feel refreshed and am excited about everything in front of me! 

But my muscles still feel the ache of standing on, and running next to, the sled for 20 hours- not to mention all the rest break and checkpoint chores of nearly 48hours on the trail without any sleep... and oh ya, still totally sleep deprived!

I should start by describing what distance sled dog racing means to me. 

(Prelude: It's an anology to everything else in life!)

First, and foremost it means getting to spend my life with, for, and around sled dogs.  They are amazing creatures.

Second, it means having a clear goal.

Everything to do with sled dogs is about setting goals, developing a plan to achieve those goals, and then implementing them.

Third, it's about ambition.  The ambition of doing well compared to others and being recognized for it.  Okay, so that's just a little bit of an ugly way to look at it, but it's true!  Otherwise why not just go for a long camping trip with your dogs?

Now, the Don Bowers race was, for me, the pin head where all three of these factors met!

They all crashed down on the third run of the race into one big heap of defeat....

Only to be lifted back up on the fourth run into total satisfaction!

Part 2- will go into that in detail, but for now... another nap (then, hopefully, my spelling wil improve :)