Revisiting the Iditarod

Excerpt from my current Iditarod story–if you want to read the whole thing, you’ll be able to in the next edition of Mushing Mag …that run from Takotna to Iditarod is a very long run indeed—some would say almost impossibly long to attempt in one jump—and pretty much all of them ran it straight through, […]

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Morning Update–

Here are some quick thoughts on the happenings of last night and this early morn– Hugh Neff had a great run from Iditarod and has claimed the prize at Anvik–his team seems to be moving very well, and his dog count remains at 13, both wonderful signs. I’ve been kind of holding my breath concerning […]

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Iditarod and Points Further North

I got seriously sidetracked today, so no time for “poetry”–sorry my sweet poetry lovers! Here are a few thoughts on how today shaped up, in regards to the front runners– Most of the top contenders left Takotna off their 24 hour rests, blew through the checkpoint of Ophir, and continued on all the way to […]

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The Terminator

After a long, hard night of mushing through the Alaska Range, camping in the Burn, and making the marathon run into Nikolai, there is a marked difference between the Lance that we all saw at Rainy Pass exuding confidence and raw personal power, and the Lance that pulled into the village of Nikolai, immediately dropping […]

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