1st Annual Great Southern Sled Dog Run

Description: 5-miles uphill, lunch at the cemetery, and 5-miles downhill, on PAVED roads.  
Directions: I-40 to exit 338, Westel Rd/Rockwood. Turn NORTH & go passed the BP Station. Check Odometer. Take the First LEFT/West onto Mt Vernal Rd –NOT marked. Apx 1 mile from the BP is a large gravel road that turns RIGHT/North off of Mt Vernal Rd.  This is the staging area.  We will be running on Mt. Vernal Rd.  Do NOT block the driveway.
Weather & Times: 35 degrees & foggy when we started at 9 am.  First teams at the cemetery at 10:15.  Last teams in by 11:00.  Sunny and 45 degrees on top.  Decided to call ourselves Tennessee MUSH. Left cemetery at noon.  1/4 mile from the top it was cloudy again, the last 1.5 miles the ground had thawed and the gravel roads were mucky -- but it cooled the dogs off.  First teams in at 1:00, last by 2:00.
Legs: 10-mile WORKING TEAM DOG (WTD)
Participants (As an example of the teams we fielded):

	Lane Batot - Sacco cart - RED LANTERN for finishing, but dead last! Malamute, 10 miles Malamute, 10 miles
	Bob Greene (Soul Song) CHASE TRUCK Malamute Singer, 10 miles
	DruAnne & Russell Martin (Asgard) - Cart Malamute Dawn, 11 miles Malamute Montana, 11 miles Alaskan Husky Axel, 11 miles Alaskan Husky Ranger, substituted in
	Susie McCracken - Cart; & Kelly - CHASE TRUCK Malamute/Samoyed Nikki, 5 miles Siberian Shasta, 5 miles Siberian Taz, 5 miles Siberian Amber, 5 miles Siberian Tundra, 5 miles
	John & Dorothy Moyers CHASE TRUCK Malamute Faith, cheerleader  Malamute Yoneh, substituted in
	Sidney Helen Sachs (Wayeh) - Cart Malamute Summer, 10 miles Malamute Tom T, 10 miles Siberian Nu-Nu, 10 miles Siberian John, 10 miles Siberian Tosha, substituted in Siberian Bess, cheerleader
	Suzanne West & Judy Border Collie male, substituted in Border Collie female, substituted in Samoyed, substituted in Samoyed, cheerleader
	Shawna Williams - Australian Scooter Siberian Dakota, 10 miles Siberian Nala, 10 miles
	Linda & husband Siberian Alex, substituted in GSD mix, cheerleader
	Pat Basenji, cheerleader

With special thanks to our CHASE TRUCKS & Dog Helpers who ran ahead and behind and kept us going.  If you don't have a cart or an entire team, consider coming out and helping, then we can substitute your trained dog in -- or you can check out our equipment at the lunch breaks.

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