Time 7.30pm Race Mile 961 The team have climbed almost to the top of Cape Nome and will see Nome ahead of them in just few minutes. They have 14 miles left to go. The crew on the ground are very excited to see them, as are those of us … Read More
As Aliy and the team close in on Nome we’ve been reflecting on the race a little and wanted to share with you some lessons we’ve learned from Aliy Zirkle in the 2020 Iditarod: 1) Sometimes things don’t work out as you might have wished. You can either pout about … Read More
Congratulations Thomas Waerner! What a spectacular run and what a thrill for him, his family and his team. Time: 11:40am Race Mile 906 Aliy and her team left White Mountain at 10.30am for the final 77 miles to Nome. She left with Dutch in single lead followed by Junior and … Read More
Time 10:30pm Race Mile 876 Aliy and her 11 team mates Amber, Cloud, Decaf, Dutch, Five, Jefe, Junior, QT, Rodney, Spark and Violet, are 22 miles from White Mountain and 99 miles from Nome! They are running in 18th position, having made up a couple of spots over the last … Read More
Time 7:15am Race Mile 800 Returned Dog Update According to the Current Standings, Aliy has had to leave two team mates behind. (EDIT: The standings were amended and she still has 11 team mates!) We know one is Chevie but unfortunately, at the time of writing, we are unsure of … Read More
Time 11pm Race Mile: 772 Tonight I am thankful this race is still on and we can follow the teams to Nome. All the rest of the world news is unsettling and stressful so to have this to focus on is a blessing. It’s late Monday night, apologies for radio … Read More
To celebrate the team getting to the Western Coast of Alaska we made another Dog Fan Club Draw. Congratulations to Tammy Duncan-Swope who is a fan of Violet, QT fans Diane and Jim McConnell, Mrs Price’s 3rd Graders who are Commando fans and Bruno fan Brenda Dias. You all win … Read More
Time 4.55am Race Mile 714 Aliy and her team of Amber, Chevie, Cloud, Decaf, Dutch, Five, Jefe, Junior, QT, Rodney, Spark and Violet (in alphabetical order because I have no idea of her running order right now) have hit the western coast of Alaska. 260 miles to Nome! After spending … Read More
Time 7.30pm Race Mile 676 Aliy and her 12-strong team left Kaltag at 12:24pm after their mandatory eight hour rest. The dogs will have had a couple of good big meals and plenty of rest while Aliy will have gotten some rest herself. There won’t be much more rest to … Read More
Time 8.00am Race Mile 629 After spending a fraction under five hours at Nulato, Aliy and her 12-strong team continued down the Yukon to the checkpoint at Kaltag where they arrived at 4.21am this morning They will see out their eight hour mandatory rest here to collect their second ‘green … Read More
