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Takotna is Taken! & Puppies (cause I can not resist the cuteness)

Another name gets added to our Checkpoint Sponsor map for the 2013 Iditarod! Please join me in welcoming Carol and Don to the team.  Don and Carol have followed the Iditarod for more than ten years online. In that time … Continue reading

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Flashbacks and Closure

This is a blog I have been meaning to write for some time now… But life has conspired to keep me from the keyboard. Spring is a strange time for me. First the mud and bleakness of break up, a … Continue reading

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Solstice 100 race wrap up

First race of the season, the Two Rivers Dog Mushers (TRDMA) Solstice 100, was this past weekend (Dec 17th) and Dan and I had a great time running the Dew Claw dogs. The results are posted here, and I have … Continue reading

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What the World Looks Like Through the Eyes of a Musher

And to be more precise an Alaskan musher. Because if I remember right y’all living outside* get a lot more daylight this time of year.  Today was exceptional in that we had temps ABOVE zero. So no problems with cold … Continue reading

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Quad training still; but at least there is snow~

Races may be months away but the season is in full swing. The dogs are starting to look really good, and I know they are enjoying the snowy trails and cooler temperatures. Miles add up as we run teams each … Continue reading

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It’s good to have goals~

One of the visitors to the Yukon Quest office last week asked me an interesting question, one that forced me to think for a second before answering. I had just explained that I would be running the Iditarod in 2012, … Continue reading

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