CB300: The Last Leg to Glennallen

Right on time, Allen and his eleven team mates: Commando, Junior, Dutch, Amber, Kodiak, Spark, Nomex, Rodney, Five, Champ and Violet left Lake Louise at 12:28am for the final 73 miles to the finish line at Old Path’s Church in Glennallen. The left the checkpoint in fifth position.

As indicated earlier, due to the warm weather (currently +5F) the dogs will enjoy the final run sans coats and Allen has also shed his outer layers as he will be ski-poling hard for all 73 of those miles. Although he is happy enough with his current position he is also reminded that ANYTHING can happen so it is always a good idea to keep pushing till the end.

Commando and Junior left in lead, having led for the entire race. Shout out to Junior, having had eight puppies back in August and coming back to lead a competitive team in the CB300! Evidently the team was lunging and pulling as they waited out their countdown to GO!

Now the team has left the final checkpoint the handler crew can breath out and relax a little. They have contributed as much as they can to the race effort. They will clean up the camp site for the last time (for this race at least, only to do it all again for the Quest in a couple of weeks!) then pack up the truck for the drive back to Glennallen, 56 road miles away. Once there they will likely try to catch a couple hours rest – or obsessively refresh the tracker – before greeting the team perhaps around 8 hours later.

Once the team crosses the line they will enjoy some thawed meat snacks, a lovingly prepared meal and full body massage and then will be put to bed for a few hours to start their rest and recovery cycle. Allen always enjoys the hospitality of the team at Old Paths so will likely stay there a while enjoying the home cooking and conversation.

We will update you as quickly as possible from the finish.

Here’s a couple more pics from soon after they arrived.

And here’s a pic Karolyn captioned “When you’re ready way before you have to leave…” – Allen taking a quick cat-nap with Kodiak

Karolyn shared some snaps from The Point Lodge. Check. It. Out!

Remember – ANYTHING can happen… refresh, refresh, refresh