It’s 11pm Yukon time – Tuesday night Our 13 athletes left Braeburn and headed off down the trail towards Whitehorse, right on time at 6:46pm. As I write they are about 22 miles into the 95 mile run home. As mentioned in the previous post, Decaf is finishing the race … Read More
It’s 1pm Yukon Time. Allen and his mates are resting in the checkpoint after quite a challenging trip over from Carmacks. Wind and snow was forecast and wind and snow is what they got! Allen said at one point the wind over the lakes was 50mph and visibility very poor. … Read More
It’s 8.45am Yukon Time. It’s 0F in Braeburn right now. As I write this Allen and his team are slogging through snowy and windswept trail towards Braeburn checkpoint. The are 13 miles out and travelling between 4-5 miles per hour right now. It is hard work out there. The area … Read More
It’s 9.30pm Yukon Time Today was all about the village of Carmacks. Allen and his 13 phenomenal mates pulled in to Carmacks checkpoint at 2:02pm and stayed almost exactly six hours. They left at 8:03pm. They all looked fantastic coming in, having rested six hours at McCabe – Allen included. … Read More
It’s 10.50am Yukon Time. As I write, Allen and his team are about 24 miles from the checkpoint at Carmacks. Here’s a voice update from Aliy They spent the early hours of the day in McCabe creek. They pulled in just after 1.30am and stayed for around six hours, leaving … Read More
It’s 10.20pm Yukon Time. Allen and team pulled into Pelly Crossing checkpoint in 4th position at 9.22pm tonight. He stayed just seven minutes, long enough to grab his “to go” bag of supplies and return one of his team mates to the handler crew. It was a super efficient stop … Read More
Going into this race, my goal was to not only finish but do so with a happy team. Right now, I am sitting in the house at the kennel, listening to the dog yard go crazy. Sometimes that’s a sign that a dog is loose or a strange car has … Read More
It’s 11.00am Yukon Time. Allen and his team have just stopped at Stepping Stone Hospitality Stop. They rested five hours back at Scroggie Creek, 69 miles and about 11 hours ago, so we expect them to stay here for a few hours. The front four are running different schedules with … Read More
Its 8:15pm Yukon Time. After climbing King Solomon’s Dome immediately after leaving Dawson, Allen and his team set up camp around 55 miles later at Indian River for about three hours. They will have been ready for a rest after climbing to the highest point on the Quest trail. They … Read More
To celebrate the half-way point of the Yukon Quest we have made a double Dog Fan Club Draw! Congratulations to Merwin Ullestad who is a fan of Decaf and Celeste Honsbruch who is a fan of Bronze. They win a packet of the now-famous SP Kennel M&M’s and a signed … Read More
