Its 4:45am. Feeling: Kinda tired (but reluctant to say it out loud as I watch seriously sleep deprived mushers head down the trail) Aliy and her 14 team mates are working their way up to Eagle Island. As I write they are 20 miles out.They spent 5.25 hours resting in … Read More
Karolyn and her team arrived into Two Rivers Lodge from Chatanika at 6:20pm giving them a run time over the first 50 miles of 5 hours 28 mins. At this stage we’re not certain what position they are in but by our back of the envelope calculations they could be … Read More
It’s 4:00pm. Feeling: frustrated at the weather Gods. Rain? Seriously? Aliy and all 14 team mates have moved through Shageluk and Anvik and are currently on the way to Grayling. They posted the fastest time from Iditarod to Shageluk for all the teams so far with a 7 hr 11 … Read More
Karolyn and her team are safely on the trail – heading towards Two Rivers Lodge, 50 miles away. What does a rookies first race look like? Do you want to hear what it’s like in the parking lot at a dog race?
Right on time at 2:46am, Aliy and all 14 team mates pulled out of Iditarod after their 24 hour break. You’ll see on the standings she now has the first ‘mandatory rest’ green tick next to her name. Once everyone has two green ticks then we will really know who … Read More
We have another race to follow! The Two Rivers Dog Mushers Association is hosting the Two Rivers 100/200 this weekend. Earlier in the season the race was postponed due to a lack of snow but the trails are ready and it will start tomorrow – Friday, March 8th. Karolyn will … Read More
It’s 11pm. Feeling: refreshed from avoiding the tracker all day! Those with the Insider package have been treated to a number of videos today featuring Aliy. I guess she was Johnny on the Spot for interviews as she spent all day there. In the first video we got to see … Read More
Now that Aliy and the team have arrived into the Iditarod Checkpoint we have made a Dog Fan Club draw. Congratulations to Carrie, Shawn, Percy & Bella who are fans of Izzy. You win a signed Iditarod Drop bag, a glam shot of Izzy and some other kennel goodies. Izzy … Read More
It’s 1:45am. Feeling: Exhausted by proxy. Aliy and the team have pulled in to Iditarod checkpoint. They will take their mandatory 24 hour rest there. It will actually be 25 hours, 8 minutes before they are able to leave the checkpoint as the differential time from the staggered start is … Read More
It’s 8.30pm. Feeling: Impatient to see the team arrive into Iditarod. Aliy has taken a gamble! And, like any gamble in life it might work or it might not and we won’t find out until much later down the trail. A 24 hour stop in Iditarod was Aliy’s Plan A … Read More
