With the top teams now in Sourdough, here’s an update on their total run times. As you can see, Matt Hall has continued his strong run and now has a 22 minute lead on Allen. Ryne Olson has poured on the speed to take third spot, with Aliy and Nic … Read More
What a fast paced race this is turning out to be! The trails are evidently hard packed and this is showing with the fast run times. Both the Black and the Red team have arrived into the Sourdough checkpoint, manned by teams from Wrangell-St Elias National Park, BLM and Ahtna. … Read More
Allen(25) and Aliy(9) have just pulled out of the Meiers Lake Checkpoint, right on time after taking their mandatory 6-hour plus start differential rests. Leaving at 5:56am and 6:04 respectively, they left 7 and 15 minutes behind Nic(46), but they have both taken 30-minutes more of their mandatory rest. So, … Read More
Good morning! There’s a very tight race going on in the Copper Basin! Here is a summary of the top ten fastest teams into the Meiers Lake checkpoint: Matt Hall is capitalizing on his early starting position by turning in the fastest cumulative run times so far. Allen, Aliy and … Read More
A very quick update from Meiers Lake Roadhouse. Aliy and the Red Team were 2nd into Meiers Lake at 10:48 with a runtime of 6 hours, 52 minutes. Allen and the Black Team arrived at 11.12pm with a runtime of 6 hours, 35 minutes. The checkpoint routine for both teams … Read More
The handler team has rolled into Meiers Lake to await the teams. There’s no wi-fi there so we are limited to text communication. They will be trying to get some rest themselves so they are ready for the arrival of the teams in what we are estimating to be late … Read More
Checkpoint times have finally been posted to the CB300 website! Here is the summary of top-ten run times: As you can see, Aliy ran a dead heat with Matt Hall at two hours and forty minutes, which is really great considering she had to pass seven more teams to do … Read More
Both teams are now out of the Chistochina checkpoint and on their way to Meiers Lake checkpoint, some 73 miles away. We have an UNOFFICIAL arrival time for Aliy and the Red Team in to Chistochina at 1.56pm giving them a run time of 2 hours, 40 minutes over the … Read More
We’ve just received this pic of the Black Team at the start line. You can see Junior and Chipper in lead looking ready to roll! Mark said he did get some video but will be unable to send it through until there is some reliable wi-fi so we’ll get that … Read More
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Thunderbirds are Go! Aliy and the Red Team left the starting chute at 11.16am and are now safely on the trail towards the Red Eagle Lodge in Chistochina. The KCAM live commentary said that once in the chute Aliy was “smiling and taking selfies with … Read More
