IDITAROD Snippets and Links

[RAIMIS2]

Back-of-the-pack Iditarod mushers trade stories about a ‘wicked’ trip through notorious Dalzell Gorge:

https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/ ... ell-gorge/

I like reading about stuff like that. That's one thing, back when the then - OLN network did some TV race coverage, they really ignored. At least the previous one - was it Outdoor Channel?? - the guy on TV would talk about those back of the pack stories and interview any of the mushers (even when a Swenson would tell him to get the hell away ).

Remember back when Mackey and King would be dueling, with psychological stuff going on? The trickery when Lance pretended he was turning in for the night and took off when Jeff nodded off -- do you suppose, say a Cindy Gallea and a Cindy Abbott have similar psych gamesmanship going on?

[sc-race-fan]

Just found a snippet in Frontier Scientist; a quote from Dr Mike Davis (AKA Leaddog) which states:
... you can “Take dogs out and you run them 100 miles per day today and tomorrow and the next day, and they come back, sleep, eat, do it again without having any outward sign of it mattering.” In fact when the dogs run in more than one strenuous race in the season “They don’t just continue to perform, they perform a lot better.” Davis pointed out “They can do it indefinitely, as long as you have trail and they’ve got food. They get tired, but they don’t fatigue in the biochemical sense.” They are essentially fatigue proof. I wonder if Aliy having 8 dogs who ran the Quest is a bonus.

[fladogfan]

Was for Lance !

[fladogfan]

Hope this interview with Martin posts OK.

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Idita ... X2nKlO7ppg

[Another UK Fan]

Thanks fdf - really interesting interview.

[elsietee]

Hope this interview with Martin posts OK.

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Idita ... X2nKlO7ppg

did anyone else have problems with this video buffering? it kept starting and stopping.
We're having major storms here right now, so I don't know if that's what's causing it,
but it was frustrating since it was such a good interview.

[libby the lab]

buffered for me too

[mamamia]

HI EVERYONE!!! I'm working a lot of overtime so I can't follow the race as closely as I like but I just wanted to pop in and say, HI EVERYONE HAPPY IDITAROD!
Let me also say Go Aliy!! I applaud her big move. That's a Quest team! They don't care if they have to break trail, at least it's warm. And I hope it snows and blows in the trail behind her so those rabbits behind her have to break trail too!
Needless to say I haven't been playing with any stats but I did take the time tonight to look at the runs from McGrath to Takotna. You may remember that this is our first Marker Run. After the technical challenges of the first third of the race it gives a snapshot of the strength of the various teams. So I've listed them and their travel times in order according to speed. I'm putting (r) next to the ones that rested in McGrath.

Ulsom 2:19
Failor 2:21
Seavey 2: 27
Diehl 2:28
Royer 2:31
Petit (r) 2:31
Holmes (r) 2:31
Beals (r) 2:31
Buser (r) 2:33
King 2:34
Zirkle (r) 2:35
Kaiser 2:35

Enjoy the race!

[JeanieB]

Thanks for that, Mamamia. That's really a pretty good group who all have a chance. With all else equal, it sure looks good for Joar and Nick, but so many things can, and do, happen!

[mamamia]

Can someone look at the tracker and tell me about Aliy's speed? How is she doing out there?