Last year the race had to postpone the start by weeks due to an abnormally warm and icy start to the region's (and really State's) winter. This year the opposite has hit the area - extreme cold! The Bogus 150 was rescheduled for temps dipping to -50 when factoring in windchill. Not really the norm. It's no fun and no need to run in such weather - it's not like they're racing time with a precious serum or anything. It's just to prove they've got the best dog team.
So here we are, nearly the end of January, and it's the most wonderful time of the year for the dog mushers of the Kusko-Delta (and state).
This year there are twenty-three teams planning to set off down the trail. It's a male heavy roster with just five women taking off from Bethel Thursday night. Originally they were one team shy of a full roster but illness, personal loss, and injury have sidelined six teams. It's no biggie, with twenty-three very capable teams there's no doubt we're in for an exciting weekend. Several teams are capable of making Pete Kaiser work for that historic tenth win.
As always, once bib numbers are drawn the roster will be updated to put the roster into bib number order.
Always excited to root for the women, especially Emily Robinson!
ReplyDeleteI am also very excited to see how Emily does this year!
DeleteNot “just 5 woman” but 5 pretty experienced women! Good to see Jessica racing again. And also good to see Aaron Peck this year! A race of strategy for sure. Best of luck to all of the mushers!
ReplyDeleteI suppose I should have used "only" instead of "just".
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