Training run number 98 for this season

Today with only 8 days to the start of Femundlopet 400 / World championship limited class race, I did seasons training run number 98
with the 8 dogs I finally selected for the race – well, Hannelore is still on the way somewhere in Sweden, on the way back from LGO, and I run her a couple of times with the B-team to see if she is in good shape and if I still can control her speed and working intensity after her “Odyssee” with Milos – Milos leased her and Gump & Gadaffi first November and have been training and racing them since then. It use to take some runs for a dog to adapt to another team and musher, but since I have had her for many years I hope she convert quickly to my way of running again…if not, it is not end of the world – it is not easy to take a place in team I have selected for the race anyhow…reports of the trail conditions in Röros area have been sometimes good and sometimes worrying – from hard and fast trails with not much snow to 40 cm overflow on lakes on first 100 km of race…well, I hope for cold and fast trail./Taisto

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