Month: January 2020

WOOHOO! Congratulations to Aliy, Commando, Junior, Amber, Violet, Chevie, QT, Jefe, Perky and Decaf – and Champ, Sanka and Razz! It was cold, it was dark and it was hard yet they crossed the finish line with wagging tails and huge grins at 4:21pm this afternoon. In a surprise move … Read More

After three hours (and two minutes) of rest Aliy and nine team mates left Chistochina for the final leg back into Glennallen. Evidently they looked great leaving and were enthusiastic to get back onto the trail. Returned Dog Update Aliy left both Razz and Sanka with the handler crew in … Read More

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 … Read More

Right on time at 9:19pm Aliy and 11 team mates left Meier’s Lake checkpoint having taken their mandatory six hour rest plus extra 28 minutes for time differential. Everyone looked very enthusiastic! (NOTE: official time TBC) All the dogs had a great rest and ate really well, which is so … Read More

I heard it hit -24F at Meier’s Lake. Woohoo! Ain’t nobody upset about that. Aliy and team arrived into Meier’s Lake at 2:51pm looking great! Their runtime over from Sourdough was 4 hours 31mins. The line-up as they pulled in was Commando and Junior in lead, Amber and Violet in … Read More

Aliy and 11 team mates left Sourdough checkpoint after resting 3.5 hours. They are now nearing Meier’s Lake with, at the time of writing, about 15 miles to go. Returned Dog Update: Aliy left Champ with the crew in Sourdough. As I understand it, Champ was left as a precautionary … Read More

At 6:50am Aliy and team arrived into Sourdough checkpoint. Their run time over from The Point was 6 hours, 23 mins. Remember how I said the order of arrival into a checkpoint does not necessarily dictate “who is winning” – (unless that checkpoint is the finish line), because of the … Read More

After 5.5 hours of rest, the team left The Point Lodge checkpoint at 12:27am. Aliy has all 12 team mates with her. The CB300 website says of this next leg: “From the Lake Louise checkpoint on the southern edge of the lake, the race trail crosses over Lake Louise itself … Read More

Aliy and team arrived into The Point Lodge checkpoint at 6:57pm local time. Their run time was 8 hours 33 mins. Big ups to the handler crew for being ready to roll as soon as they arrived, given that the didn’t know where they were on the GPS tracker.   … Read More