As I write this Aliy and team are on the trail towards Eagle Island and Allen and his team are resting in Shageluk. Aliy arrived into Grayling as the first musher at 9.54am this morning and received a wonderful gift of beautiful hand made beaver fur and moose hide mitts … Read More
Aliy is right now leading the Iditarod! At least, according to the current standings… She went through Shageluk checkpoint at 4.05am and spent 15 minutes there before she started on her way to Anvik, the first checkpoint on the Yukon River. She has “blown through” Anvik, spending just one minute … Read More
Aliy “blew through” the Iditarod Checkpoint at 5.20pm today and, at the time of writing, was moving just under 7 MPH. According to the GPS tracker she and the team had a five hour break on the trail, possibly at “Don’s Cabin”. The trail from Iditarod to Shageluk is described … Read More
Dogs are ‘dropped’ for many different reasons during an Iditarod race. Most common are sore wrists and ankles. Some are dropped due to poor appetite, minor sprains and abrasions, coughs and colds – anything a human athlete might encounter during a 10 day competition. Some mushers are training younger dogs … Read More
At 10.55pm Wednesday evening Aliy left Takotna with 14 dogs still on the team after her mandatory 24 hour lay-over and Allen has just left at 6.09am also still with 14. It’s great to see that big green tick next to their names in the current standings! At the time … Read More
If you take a look at the team rosters you will see that there are a number of dogs listed as “leaders” on both Aliy and Allen’s teams. I asked her recently about having so many good leaders in her team and in what different circumstances or situations she would … Read More
Both Aliy and Allen are in to Takotna and it very much looks like Aliy elected to take her mandatory 24 hour layover there. She “declared” it as she came in to the checkpoint; we’re unsure if Allen did the same and of course, we never REALLY know for sure … Read More
Thank you everyone for entering in the draw to win Willow! We had a fantastic response with 85 entries and have drawn the lucky winner: Sue Winnie from Michigan. Congratulations – we will send her out to you as soon as possible! Once Allen reaches Anvik and Aliy reaches Kaltag … Read More
Aliy is out of Nikolai in second position, she left at 1.13pm after just over four hours rest. On the “Insider” video of her arriving she said she had a fun run from Rohn to Nikolai – she said it is great to have a team that listens to you … Read More
Allen was easy to spot coming over Puntilla lake into Rainy Pass checkpoint this morning with both his distinctive sled and as he was ski-poling: “That’s gotta be Allen!” Lester and Viper led the team in behind Mike Williams’ team and they were looking enthusiastic and happy. We had a … Read More
