Aliy and her team rolled into Chistochina checkpoint at 6:54am after a good run over from Meier’s Lake. The team took The Hump in their stride and worked hard through the night to make the run in 9 hours, 37 mins hours. They will all enjoy their rest here in Chisto.
Evidently the team hit some overflow water along the way so Aliy has swapped out jackets and T-shirts on everyone so they have warm dry clothing to sleep and finish the race in. Aliy said it was gorgeous at the top of the hill.
Karolyn and crew parked them in a lovely camp spot amongst the trees and the dogs will get a good sleep. The team will have a rest here for at least three hours before embarking on the final leg back into Glennallen.
Thanks always to the volunteer vet crew who are always on hand to check teams as they arrive into checkpoints. We all appreciate their hard work and dedication to the canine athletes.
Thank you for covering the race with reports, pictures, and videos
Good luck Aliy and all your wonderful canine companions!
Thanks so very very much for this report – I was wondering when the soaking wet part would raise its head (thank goodness the SP KENNEL wardrobe plan worked at this frigid CB300 end point)!!!
At the VET CHECK to see how good they look, the 4-legged team members want to be able to say “woof ” when they are asked if they have dry booties, dry coats, etc!!!
WOOF WOOF WOOF
GO RED TEAM!!! GO ALIY!!!
I notice Red Team left two team members in Christochina – other teams seem to be leaving dogs at this last checkpoint as well.
WOOF WOOF have a great ride in the truck and I hope these wonderful 4-leggeds are OK…
Thank you again for the detailed updates, pictures and videos! I appreciate it!!
Go Aliy!!!
Lisa thank you for the great videos.
Karolyn I’m impressed with your parking (running…). I know you wish you were on the runners, but I hope the handling experience made up for some of it. We appreciate you being there for the team. That campsite is GORGEOUS. I would love to camp there, if it were above 32 degrees F ;-). I hope Aliy had a moment to take it all in.
I hope all the truck buddy pups are feeling better having warmed their muscles.
Congratulations Aliy and everyone at SPK for the 4th place finish. What a speedy race!
Thank you Moira for taking care of all the SPK online family.
Thank you Karolyn, Ryan and Lisa for keeping the team on the trail.
Thank you Allen for keeping everyone back at the kennel in good shape and spirits.
Just a few weeks till Yukon Quest, I can hardly wait. 🙂
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