Skrevet av: Vemund S. Finstad og Niels Westphal
Dato: 13.03.2014 12:11
- The dogs have run the whole way and have been very clever. I had to hold them back at the last strecth, says Sigrid Ekran when she arrived Karasjok in the morning hours.
She says she only think from one checkpoint to the next, and that there is still much that can be done on the 130 kilometers remaining.
- I'll do my best to reach the finish first, she says.
Ekran says she thinks she has managed to follow the schedule as planned. Her handler Amund Kokkvold violence is impressed with his boss.
- Sigrid has been impressive and effective. She has shown that she wants to win, he says.
Kokkvold said the always plan the team for winning FL-1000.
- Sure, we're not going up here and spend lots of money or nothing. We should win, he said.
Sigrid Ekrans team is relatively small compared with several others in the FL-1000. It consists of two handlers and little extra.
- We've made it a simple variant of this year. It shows that you do not need motorhome and luxury to win, maybe win, says Amund.
Despite the very positive development for Ekran, handler Kokkvold is coutios.
- Anything can still happen. It may be bad weather. The team can get parking. We can not say we are safe until the finish in Alta, he says..
