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[RC] Shining Moon - they're off! - Steph Teeter18 starters, trotted out of the wooded camp, crossed the paved bridge -lots of clomping as hooves hit asphalt - and dropped back down into the woods to begin Japan's first International 100 mille ride. Horses were energized, but behaved, starting the first 22km loop. Concentration on the rider's faces as they rode those first few minutes. Lots of folks gathered around to see them off - a very big deal event for Japan.All the riders are carrying cellphones with gps trackers, the signal is being relayed back to camp and the riders' progress is being monitored on the screen here in the office. I just heard a big laugh come from the room as one of the dots suddenly appeared in the lake - did somebody toss their phone into the water? did a horse take a dive? or maybe just graphical display error? at any rate, the audience is engaged - plenty to do while waiting for the riders. I'm headed out in a few minutes, will hike down the trail a bit and try to get photos of the first riders coming in. Will post images asap. Starters: Hal Hall on Aztral Attrakshon Ann Hall on Atina de Soi Bob Sample on Tycker Tape Noriko Endo on Pony Boy Kiyoshi Ozawa on Dafoon Minoru Saito on Creek Tamotsu Sasaki on Dameon PJ Sato Nobuhiro on Rushcreek Ideal Takatori Tsutomo on Katsutaro Tani Kunihiko on Katsutaro Chuma Shohei on Freedom Sebastian II Seiichi Hasumi on KareemPJ Hirose Hiroaki on Fausto BL Honda Masanori on Handsome Hunter Yasunaga Midori on Maqina Yasumoto Kiyoshi on Otanoshike Yachi Hiroko on Tim Yamaguchi Osami on Spirits 30 minutes or so before the first riders arrive- Later- Steph =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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