And the Winner Is

Jocelyne LeBlanc of Whitehorse Yukon is the Winner of the 2010 Yukon Quest Red Lantern Award.
With a personal best time for running the quest Jocelyne finished strong with 7 healthy and happy dogs on line. A Very large group of friends, Family, media, spectators and many fellow mushers were there to cheer her in as she crossed the finish line. Media and crowd surrounded Joc like an Olympic gold medalist to congratulate her on her achievement. As part of the plan Joc finished in time to attend the closing of the Meet The Mushers event Friday evening and to sign some autographs before finding a bed for a well deserved rest. Saturday am brings a day of meets for the Quest Mushers. Then the closing banquet starts at 5 pm with all the presentations and speeches. We are all Very proud of Joc and are looking forward to hearing the stories of the trail. Knowing that Joc is such a big fan of face book some good stories will most likely appear there.
Until next big event.
Thanks so much to all the sponsors, handlers, friends and family.
Gary

Next stop? Whitehorse.

Hello :)

Joc came in at 18:40 and she will leave at 2:40 am. She doing really well, there was a lot of poeple cheering for her. Two journalists were asking her questions, one from the Fairbanks newspaper and the other from Whitehorse Star. The dogs are good she will leave with 7 good dogs, the one that was doing so so, she is much better now. She will decide tomorrow morning if she's taking a break for the last run or she's going straight to the finish line with some little snacks breaks.

Thanks
Cytnhia

Smiles from Joc

Hello !
Joc arrived last night around 9:30pm in Pelly with a big smile. I had to tell her several times to go to sleep, she was talking and talking :) She arrives right behind Terry, they traveled together for a part of the trip. Everyone at the checkpoint had a few hours of rest and we all got up and kick out the three last teams. Joc was behind a little bit because she wanted to leave by herself. She will soon arrive to McCabe Creek, rest for a two hours and go back on the trail to get to Carmacks tonight. I'm in Carmacks now waiting for her. See you soon in Whitehorse :)
Cynthia

Leaving Scroggie Creek

Although we have no new updates of a personal nature, Joc has left Scroggie Creek with all her dogs and is traveling fairly close with Terry Williams.
She is keeping on an even pace and making her way to Pelly! Joc knows the trail from there and will be on the home stretch - go Joc!

Left Dawson!

Hello !
Yes Joc is gone ... She was better after packing everything. She had down moments, but we were there to motivate her.
I can understand her: she was really sick and was thinking to drop two dogs ( including one good leader) , but finally she decided to drop only one (Sawrenko). She was emotional before leaving, but she left with a good spirit. She is scared to do 201 miles with only seven dogs and no checkpoint between. But with the schedule we made she should be okay on the trail and there for the banquet.
I'm staying in Dawson in case she decide to come back ... in case ... but I don't think so. Tomorrow early afternoon we will drive to Pelly.
Talk to you in Pelly !
Cynthia
With also a good spirit and needs a good night o sleep :)

On to Dawson

Joc is now heading to Dawson - about 1/3 of the way according to her tracker.She is down to 8 dogs now. They say the trail from Dawson to Whitehorse is better than it has ever been so hopefully smooth sailing once she gets there.

Cynthia dropped off some pics for everyone to see while we wait for more up to date news.

In at Eagle

As most have already checked Joc finally made it to Eagle. I'm guessing that she used the strategy of ditching the tracker to gain an advantage on the front runners. Now that she is in a position to pounce, the next part of the race should be interesting. Watch out Lance.
Cynthia is stopping by this morning so we will have some pics up later today.
Keep checking back
Gary