Update.Pays tribute to Joe Redington Sr. who died on June 24, 1999. Cause of his death; Role in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska; Personal background.SidesAnneGoodwinOutside
For a while it looked like Nicolas Petit was able to run away with the race. Once again mother nature has put a monkeywrench in. The race is wide open right now. Joar Leifseth Ulsom and Nicolas Petit battling neck on neck. Peter Kaiser is right up there with them, but he has yet ...
Grading the runway Plenty open water…
Once back in Tok we went directly to Hugh’s talk where we learned about the Yukon Quest race which is arguably a tougher race than the famous Iditarod. Hugh explained that although they are both the same length, 1,000 miles, the terrain is more remote and more rugged. There are less ...
Iditarod Update The mushers and their beasts (14-16 per sled at this point) have all made it to the mighty Yukon River at or past Tanana. This isan all-gender race, just as I think all sports should be, and a woman is in the lead: Maggie Hamilton. She’s got a “T” bib for...
Running non-stop is the best way to describe it. Between getting the Space Cadets harness broke and off to a good start, and building up the miles on the race dogs we are launching 2-4 teams a day from the kennel. And of course there is the feeding and care of all these dogs. Fi...