Hans in Sourdough-contributed by Susie

MONDAY JANUARY 12, 2009 1:34PM

Hans is into the last checkpoint tied for second place with Sven Haltman. Hans is only one minute ahead of Sven. However, Hans is allowed to leave the checkpoint after 2 hours, Sven has to stay 3.5. It looks to me that Hans has no intention of chasing Lance down to the finish line. He has already been in the checkpoint for over two hours. He gained quite a bit against Lance's 47 minute trail lead, (reduced it to WHOOOPS!! This just in, they updated the site and Hans DID charge down the trail after Lance. He is 31 minutes behind Lance right now, made up 16 minutes in the last run/checkpoint. The chance of him making up another 31 minutes is very slim, but he's racing to win now! Yee haw! Susie