Good morning! It’s 10am Saturday RED TEAM UPDATE Aliy and 13 team mates went through Huslia around four this morning. They are currently placed 9th on the leaderboard but there are still teams to complete their eight hour mandatory stops and only once all teams have both green ticks next … Read More
Congrats to Bennett Spelce who is a fan of Dancer and Gaye Walton who is a fan of Prata Neither Dancer nor Prata are racing currently, Dancer is enjoying some spring mushing on the Two Rivers trails and Prata is playing in the sunshine with her brother and sister as … Read More
It’s 11pm on Friday night. We have landed in Nome and are back to staring at the tracker! RED TEAM UPDATE Aliy and the Red Team are currently camping on the trail 25 miles from Huslia. They left Galena right on time at 2.37pm this afternoon. They have been stopped … Read More
Take a ride on the tag sled for Allen and the Black Team’s Ceremonial Run. Ruth wore a head mounted GoPro (thanks Verizon) so I could leave in all the corners that I had to put the hand-held camera down for!
We have received word that it was Woody that Aliy left in Ruby checkpoint and Violet in Galena. Woody has had a “breakout” season! He had a summer on the glacier with Chris giving tourists a sled dog experience and came back with new confidence in himself. He raced everything … Read More
This is pretty long so make a coffee, put your feet up and enjoy the view from the tag sled of the Red Team during the Ceremonial Start back on Saturday. Watch out for our moose encounter at 11:50. It is hard to tell how close it was because I … Read More
It’s 5.45am Friday morning. RED TEAM UPDATE Aliy and the Red Team continues to rest in Galena as they have chosen to take their mandatory 24 hour stop there. The earliest they can leave the checkpoint is 2.37pm this afternoon. Although Galena was one of the potential 24 hour checkpoints … Read More
It’s 9pm Thursday night. RED TEAM UPDATE Aliy and the Red Team pulled in to Galena at 1.33pm. They took five hours, 53 minutes to cover the 50 miles from Ruby. It appears she is doing the mandatory 24 hour rest here. Padee is our eyes on the Live Feed … Read More
It’s 8.30am Thursday. RED TEAM UPDATE The Red Team has left Ruby after seeing out their mandatory eight hour rest. Aliy will have been able to get some good sleep herself and is hopefully feeling great now. In an Insider interview yesterday at her half-way camp spot she was concerned … Read More
It’s midnight Wednesday night. RED TEAM UPDATE The Red Team pulled in to Ruby checkpoint at 11.23pm tonight in 9th position. As expected, they camped out on the trail for about four hours half-way through the run. Teams will be starting to take their mandatory 24 or 8 hour stops … Read More
