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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
This morning at 10am the Ceremonial Start for the Iditarod kicks off on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage. Aliy and her team start #19 and leave the chute at 10:36am. Teams mush through the streets and parks of downtown Anchorage where thousands of spectators, fans and supporters cheer them on. It … Read More
Thursday was a busy day for the crew with lots of things happening! The dogs took their picturesque trip down the Parks Highway to Anchorage and are safely here, thanks to Karolyn and Mark. They stopped half way near Cantwell and arrived mid afternoon. They’ve eaten, stretched out and are … Read More
We will be covering Aliy and her team mates exclusively on the DogLog, as you would expect. For the early part of the race we’ll give a daily updates, increasing in frequency as the race progresses. The Iditarod is different to the Yukon Quest in many, many ways – one … Read More
