Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby mira » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:39 am

Nenana, Tanana.. that was a great misspelling :)

He is running now, he rested five-six hours and a sloow start it seems, but looks good now.
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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby Another UK Fan » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:42 am

Aliy overtook John. She's now at mile 237 doing 9.1 mph. Michelle is also at 237. She's doing 8.9 mph.
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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby Another UK Fan » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:47 am

Aliy now at mile 238. Overtook Michelle.

Peter and Wade at 249

Dallas at 248

Mitch 247

Nick 241

Joar 240

Aliy 238
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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby txbennett » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:10 am

Dallas and Mitch both seem to be running with the leading pack, while resting 3 or 4 or 5 dogs at a time as they run. The Seavey sled "secret" appears to be working on the river and could pay dividends from Kaltag to Nome. I wonder how much of the sled can be removed after they reach the coast, drop the slower dogs and start "racing" to the finish.

I also wonder how expensive the new sleds are :roll:
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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby flowerpower » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:56 am

I read somewhere that Dallas' new sled cost around $10,000. :shock: :shock: Don't know if that is accurate or not, but wouldn't surprise me.
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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby fladogfan » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:06 am

Holy cow :shock:
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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby mamamia » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:12 am

Insider video of Aily. She says her team seems to still be battling the gastrointestinal bug the picked up in the Quest.
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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby fladogfan » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:13 am

mamamia wrote:Insider video of Aily. She says her team seems to still be battling the gastrointestinal bug the picked up in the Quest.

Aw noooooo :(
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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby ikh » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:07 am

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Re: Manley Hot Spring-Tanana-Ruby

Postby mira » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:08 am

Auch.

Txbennet, I guess Dallas just switch sled.
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