Tag Archives: Seeley 200

Race to the Sky Report

First off, let me just make this one heartfelt comment concerning the Race to the Sky’s official website/Facebook page/general coverage of the event– “ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Whooo…okay, now that that’s out of my system, I can continue 🙂 The very unofficial word is the following (sorry, no “times”, just word of mouth)– 1)  Curt Perano–out of Seeley […]

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2010 Seeley Lake Sled Dog Race #6

After finishing my mandatory rest (almost exactly 4 hours) I took off from WTR about 20 minutes behind Ryan, and four minutes ahead of Rick Larson; John Barron and Charlotte were leaving between 30-40 behind Rick. The team looked really strong when I pulled up to the departure area, but as soon as I took […]

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2010 Seeley Lake Sled Dog Race #4

4– We arrived at the Seeley Lake halfway checkpoint in the wee hours of the morning, approx 2:15 AM. We’d had a beautiful, technically clean, run over from the White Tail, something like four hours and two minutes. Not really too fast in the great scheme of things, but blazing by my standards. All in […]

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2010 Seeley Lake Sled Dog Race#3

3– Oh, and here are a few things that I should have clarified right up front: While the race is called a 200 ‘miler’, the actual breakdown is closer to 180. Lincoln to WTR=47 miles aprox. WTR to Seeley Trailhead=43 aprox. So, about 90 miles for each half. So, when you go to the Seeley […]

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2010 Seeley Lake Sled Dog Race#2

2– I took off wearing bib number 13, keeping my foot gently on the drag mat, and talking to the dogs in soothing tones, and they responded by setting and efficient ten mph pace that I knew they could keep up for days. The trail was as hard as a rock and only a little […]

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