The analytics are pretty great to use to try and look at run rests.
Nick petit's are quite interesting too
Shrinking teams
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Re: Shrinking teams
by tanglefoot » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:50 pm
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Re: Shrinking teams
by elsietee » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:38 pm
Agreed on Nic's team.
In the video of him "first to the Yukon dinner" (first to the Yukon? haven't they been on the Yukon all the time??) he mentioned that he doesn't make a race plan, just runs the team he has in front of him.
I appreciate someone who does it by feel, but can't help but wonder if that has come back to bite him in the past.
I really wanted to put Richie in my TTPs, so at the last minute opted to jettison Nic in favor of Richie - reasoning that Nic has crashed and burned a few times, so he was the least reliable of my original TTPs. Of course, now Richie's down to 13 dogs, while Nic still has all 16, so what do I know?
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I'm going with the thought that Richie is inexperienced so hyper-cautious - dropping dogs before they might cause him to have to slow down?
In the video of him "first to the Yukon dinner" (first to the Yukon? haven't they been on the Yukon all the time??) he mentioned that he doesn't make a race plan, just runs the team he has in front of him.
I appreciate someone who does it by feel, but can't help but wonder if that has come back to bite him in the past.
I really wanted to put Richie in my TTPs, so at the last minute opted to jettison Nic in favor of Richie - reasoning that Nic has crashed and burned a few times, so he was the least reliable of my original TTPs. Of course, now Richie's down to 13 dogs, while Nic still has all 16, so what do I know?
)I'm going with the thought that Richie is inexperienced so hyper-cautious - dropping dogs before they might cause him to have to slow down?
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Re: Shrinking teams
by mira » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:28 pm
No, Tanana river meets Yukon river in Tanana.
Anyhow, I don't think being down to 13 is very bad, of course it depends a bit off why you dropped them. Many mushers have some inexperienced dogs on their team, and they drop those dogs quite fast if showing sign of any problems.
Anyhow, I don't think being down to 13 is very bad, of course it depends a bit off why you dropped them. Many mushers have some inexperienced dogs on their team, and they drop those dogs quite fast if showing sign of any problems.
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Re: Shrinking teams
by elsietee » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:34 pm
elsietee wrote:(first to the Yukon? haven't they been on the Yukon all the time??)
Just realised, looking at the map, that they were on the Tanana River from FBs to Tanana where the two rivers meet up:
<edited to add - missed Mira's post when I posted this>
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Re: Shrinking teams
by elsietee » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:43 pm
Shrinkiest teams, currently:
Ryan Anderson - 11 dogs
Sebastien Vergnaud - started with 12, so doesn't count
Ryan Red - 13
Richie - 13
Karin - 13
Monica - 13
Justin High - 13
Ryan Anderson - 11 dogs
Sebastien Vergnaud - started with 12, so doesn't count
Ryan Red - 13
Richie - 13
Karin - 13
Monica - 13
Justin High - 13
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Re: Shrinking teams
by fladogfan » Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:54 pm
Aw, Sabastian dropped a dog in Ruby 
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Re: Shrinking teams
by flowerpower » Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:50 pm
Dallas was saying he will drop 2 or maybe 3 when he leaves his 24. He did say he thought it was a little early to be down to 13.
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Re: Shrinking teams
by elsietee » Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:55 pm
This was Wednesday:
This is Friday:
Sebastien - 11 (only dropped one so far)
Justin High - 11
Ryan Anderson - 11 (still)
Ryan Red - 12
Anna - 12
Karin - 12
Roger Lee - 12
Kat - 13
Noah - 13
Richie - 13 (still)
Lars - 13
Ketil - 13
Kristin - 13
Dave Delcourt - 13
Mark Selland - 13
Monica - 13 (still)
The attrition rate is really low this year, which is interesting. Slower trail so less wrist injuries?
Shrinkiest teams, currently:
Ryan Anderson - 11 dogs
Sebastien Vergnaud - started with 12, so doesn't count
Ryan Red - 13
Richie - 13
Karin - 13
Monica - 13
Justin High - 13
This is Friday:
Sebastien - 11 (only dropped one so far)
Justin High - 11
Ryan Anderson - 11 (still)
Ryan Red - 12
Anna - 12
Karin - 12
Roger Lee - 12
Kat - 13
Noah - 13
Richie - 13 (still)
Lars - 13
Ketil - 13
Kristin - 13
Dave Delcourt - 13
Mark Selland - 13
Monica - 13 (still)
The attrition rate is really low this year, which is interesting. Slower trail so less wrist injuries?
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Re: Shrinking teams
by tanglefoot » Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:59 pm
Heard a vet on the radio say only 45 dogs deopped which is low for this stage of the race
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