Right on time, Allen and his eleven team mates: Commando, Junior, Dutch, Amber, Kodiak, Spark, Nomex, Rodney, Five, Champ and Violet left Lake Louise at 12:28am for the final 73 miles to the finish line at Old Path’s Church in Glennallen. The left the checkpoint in fifth position. As indicated … Read More
Allen and team pulled into The Point Lodge at 8:58pm with a run time of 5 hours, 43 minutes. Allen was really happy with how the team is going, they’ve worked well all race and he’s proud of them. Karolyn reports that Commando and Junior were perfect leading them in … Read More
Allen and the Black Team are currently on their way to The Point Lodge on Lake Louise – at the time of posting they are about 20 miles out. He and 11 barking, leaping team mates left Sourdough after a five hour rest, at 3:15 pm. He will be hoping … Read More
The run to Sourdough checkpoint was 34 miles and the Black Team pulled into the checkpoint at 10:15 am for a run time of 3 hours, 35 minutes. As mentioned in my previous post, there is minimal coverage there to get any pics or messages from the team so this … Read More
Allen and 11 team mates left Meiers Lake checkpoint at 6:40am. They took their mandatory six hour plus differential rest here and will be credited six hours towards the overall minimum 18 hours they must take throughout the race. Returned Dog Update Unfortunately, Allen had to leave Chevie with the … Read More
The team is trucking along nicely having arrived into Meiers Lake checkpoint at 11:52pm giving them a run-time of 7 hours, 16 minutes. With a long run and big climb under their harnesses, we expect them to take a good long rest here before the push through to Sourdough checkpoint. Allen … Read More
After 3.5 hours rest the team disappeared down the trail at 4:36pm, headed towards the Meiers Lake Roadhouse checkpoint. All 12 dogs left with Allen. The trail to Meiers Lake is punctuated by a rather large hill – affectionately nicknamed “The Hump”. As you see from the elevation map on … Read More
Allen and the team arrived into the Chistochina checkpoint at the Red Eagle Lodge at 13:06 for a run-time of 2 hours 46 minutes. They were the first team to arrive. As the first team, they had their pick of parking spots. It is quite a science and art in … Read More
Karolyn caught this video from the start line as the team left, looking fantastic! You can see Allen’s left foot on the brake as they leave, this is to help ease the dogs into the run and warm up without going full tilt from the get-go. A few pics from … Read More
Right on time at 10:20am Allen and his Black Team left the start chute at Gakona headed for the Red Eagle Lodge at Chistochina. They will be following the green marked trail on the map below. It is a crisp, calm morning at around -20F and snow conditions are low, … Read More
