Welcome to Nome Aliy, Dutch, Chipper, Kodiak, Spark, Clyde, Rodney, Five, Nomex, Driver and Violet! And congratulations to Champ, Cayenne, Scooby, Junior, Felix and Commando – your contribution was so important. We’re so proud of you. A huge crowd turned out to greet Aliy and the team, it was really … Read More
The Red Team is through Safety! We can’t wait… a couple more hours, one more hill and they will be home! Now they are through Safety (and Spark has said hi to his sponsor Deb Davis who is a volunteer checker out there), they follow the Nome-Council road for ten … Read More
Right on time, Aliy, Dutch, Chipper, Kodiak, Spark, Clyde, Rodney, Five, Nomex, Driver and Violet have left White Mountain and are headed for Nome! The weather here in Nome is clear and cool. In White Mountain and Safety right now is cloudy with light winds. We all know that this … Read More
It’s 4am Wednesday Aliy and her 10 team mates have arrived into White Mountain! Just one more run before we get to kiss those sweet doggie faces and hug Aliy. They made great time over from Elim on a trail that did not follow the regular shore-line route. They had … Read More
It’s 10.30pm Tuesday evening The latest news about Allen is that he IS okay. He has seen a doctor in Unalakleet and will spend the night there then will be making his way to Nome tomorrow via airplane The dogs are spending the night in Kaltag and are being well … Read More
We have received word that Allen has decided to scratch from the race. Allen made the decision to scratch due to his own health and his ability to care for the team going forward. The infection he was battling back in Grayling flared up again during his run up the … Read More
It’s 2:45pm Tuesday afternoon. RED TEAM Aliy left Koyuk with all 10 team mates at 9:14am this morning after resting six hours in the checkpoint. They are now on the way to Elim and currently they have about 10 miles to go. Koyuk was a busy place over night with … Read More
It’s 3:15am Tuesday morning. RED TEAM UPDATE We are very pleased and relieved to see the Red Team, and all those teams around them, pulling into Koyuk. The speeds the teams were travelling told us that it was pretty hard going out there. It was great to see them in … Read More
It’s 4pm Monday afternoon Goodness, it looks like it was pretty brutal out there. A ground storm hit the leading pack on their way from Shaktoolik and Koyuk which slowed the teams down, made the trail difficult to find and seemingly made for challenging mushing. Once teams hit the coast … Read More
It’s 8am Monday morning RED TEAM UPDATE Insiders will have seen a video where Aliy talks about having to “bench” three dogs in Unalakleet “due to circumstances out of our control”. Two of them, Junior and Scooby, stepped into deep snow and hurt their wrists. This trail has been hard … Read More
