Allen and the Black Team are currently on their way to The Point Lodge on Lake Louise – at the time of posting they are about 20 miles out. He and 11 barking, leaping team mates left Sourdough after a five hour rest, at 3:15 pm. He will be hoping his ski-poling and well rested dogs make up some time on the flats of the lakes. The run over to The Point Lodge passes through Middle Lake, Fish Lake and Crosswind Lake as well as Lake Louise.
You can see from the pics below that Allen is running the dogs in the same configuration as they started: Commando and Junior in lead, Dutch and Amber in swing, Spark and Kodi, Nomex is running on his own, Rodney and Five then Champ and Violet.
This leg is reportedly around 55 miles long so will take about 6 hours for the front runners to complete.
Handlers and supporters have a treat at the lodge with a large deck on the front affording 270 degree view of the surrounding lake and mountains so will see the teams coming in plenty of time to prepare for them. They are looking forward to the hospitality after the rustic Sourdough checkpoint.
Once the crew got back into coverage Karolyn sent through a bunch of pics from Sourdough:
The top five going by cumulative run time and current data (and my maths – disclaimer) is as follows:
Slowing down a bit – guess that little Chevie gave the team a boost, eh?
When I checked the last few times, he’s been upward of 9 to 10 mph. Interesting to see so many come in before him. But he has fewer hours rest, so we will see …
Moira, thanks for your faithfulness to the kennel while honoring your own obligations
Thank you for all the pictures and updates of how the Black Team is doing.
They are doing amazing in the race and I am excited to see the finish!