Hello, Being the Mentor to Paulita (her Daddy Paul
wanted a boy), and giving her old Endurance News for reading and a few tips, we
thought it time to take her to the Ft. Valley and crew and see what the world
looks like when shooting stars still sparkle on the early
morning frost of a most glorious fall day. Does that make
her my Mentee? We crew for Jeannie Waldron along with Garnet from Nova
Scotia and Twyla and she gets a good feeling about what all Endurance
entails... 35 or so entrants and at Hickory Lane 2 miles from the finish
Jeannie has a one minute lead on Danielle Kanavy. Scooting to the finish
we see Jeannie coming over the hill with Danielle hot on her heels and they get
into a flat out race... I've never seen anything quite like it except at
the track and thats where Danielles, In the Cards came from. Nobody knew
who won til Henry replayed the video and Jeannie got Danielle by a nose.
If it had been 5' further Danielle would have won. What a RACE!!!
The still of this will be the cover of a major publication some day and you
won't believe the scene. It was incredible. Paulita got a good taste
and she'll be back. Tomorrow I get to crew for Lynne Gilbert and Chagall,
but Paulita has had enough for a while, as her mouth is full and she has a lot
to swallow, her head is spinning and did I mention she's a blonde and we made
jokes and had FUN. I heard there are only about 6 in the 2 day 100 and not
only is there a lack of Multi Day Rides in the east, there seems to be a lack of
Riders aspiring for this challenge, but thats another story. tom
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