ID: Question Answered – Towards Iditarod
That answers that! They are on their way to Iditarod. Ophir-Awesome!
ID: Wednesday Morning – Ophir
It’s 8am Alaska time. Feeling: energised despite a lack of sleep. What’s going to happen next? Aliy and the team are in Ophir, having arrived there just after 6am. Overnight they ran through the Takotna checkpoint, spending just three minutes to check-in and out. Whether the team takes their 24 … Read More
ID: It’s Tuesday Evening – It Must Be McGrath
It’s 8.30pm Alaska time. Feeling: Curious where the team will take their 24. Right now the team is stopped at McGrath checkpoint. They ran the 48 miles over from Nikolai in roughly seven hours (at the time of writing the Current Standings have not been updated with her run time) … Read More
ID: Tuesday Morning – Nikolai
It’s 10am Alaska time. Feeling: Amazed at technology to enable us to watch live from rural Alaska. Several teams have pulled in to Nikolai this morning. Aliy and her mates arrived at 8:58am as the fourth team in. Watching the live feed the Insider set up in the checkpoint we … Read More
ID: Monday Evening Update – Towards Nikolai
It’s 8.15pm Monday evening – Feeling: encouraged that the evening is cooling down Summary After spending three hours at Finger Lake this morning, Aliy and the team ran through the technical trail down the Happy River Steps and climbed up to Rainy Pass checkpoint on Puntilla Lake, where she rested … Read More
ID: Monday Morning Update
Its 7.00am local time. Feeling: relaxed the dogs are settling into routine. Overnight Aliy and her team rested three hours at their camp spot on mile 74 before moving through Skwentna checkpoint and on to Finger Lake, arriving around 5.30am. There she and the team are currently resting. Teams are … Read More
ID: Sunday – Day One
It’s 9.30pm local time. Feeling: Relief to have them on the trail. Currently, Aliy and her team have stopped to camp at mile 74 on the Yentna River, about nine miles short of Skwentna. They blew through Yentna checkpoint this afternoon at 6.36pm. Aliy will rest her team a few … Read More
ID: Team Roster to Nome
Here they are – the 14 athletes that will accompany Aliy down the Iditarod Trail to Nome. Aliy will take with her: Amber, Bruno, Commando, Dutch, Decaf, Five, Driver, Jefe, Mismo, Nomex, Rodney, QT, Spark and Violet. Aliy has no Iditarod rookies, although Bruno, Decaf, QT and Jefe didn’t make … Read More
ID: Ceremonial Start Video
We did things a little differently this year for the Ceremonial Start video – here you will see some of the behind the scenes preparations that go into the start, plus the first mile of the run. Hold on for 4th and Cordova!
ID: Ceremonial Start Pics
What a great time! Aliy, Allen and their 12 team mates enjoyed their run through downtown Anchorage – it seems to just get bigger and bigger each year with more people out on the trail supporting the race and mushers. Pop it on your bucket list, it is a unique … Read More