By wolfmoonsleddog on Jan 31, 2009 in Midwest | 1 Comment
Location: Finland, MN
Time - 9:58am
Temperature: 15 degrees F
Conditions: Foggy
Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of snow showers today and tomorrow. Highs in the 20s, lows in the single digits
Well, in case you haven’t heard already, I finished the Beargrease Mid-Distance sled dog race earning the Red Lantern for the last racer to finish. There will be [...]
By wolfmoonsleddog on Jan 24, 2009 in Midwest | 5 Comments
Location: Finland, MN
Time - 8:15am
Temperature: minus 17 degrees F
Conditions: Clear, cold and frosty
Forecast: Partly cloudy with a chance of flurries today, mostly cloudy tomorrow. Highs in the single digits, lows around 25 below
Well, things have been very busy once again. Today we are heading to the pre-race vet check, the mushers’ meeting and the opening [...]
By wolfmoonsleddog on Jan 21, 2009 in Midwest | 4 Comments
Location: Finland, MN
Time - 6:48pm
Temperature: 23 degrees F
Conditions: Cloudy, MUCH warmer
Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of snow flurries tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the 20s, lows in the single digits
Well, after dipping down into the minus 20s and 30s for a bit, we’re back above zero, almost to the freezing point. It feels downright hot, [...]
By wolfmoonsleddog on Jan 17, 2009 in Midwest | 0 Comments
Location: Finland, MN
Time - 2:16pm
Temperature: 12 degrees F
Conditions: Mostly cloudy with a few snow flurries
Forecast: Cloudy today and tomorrow with snow showers. Highs in the teens, lows just below zero
Here are the results from the White Oak Classic 10-dog, 130-miler last weekend.
From: http://racing.byers-web.com/WO3/final?rid=8
Bib #
Musher Name
Div
Finish Position
Finish Time
Actual Trail Time
Speed
Rest Allowed
(Rest plus Time Diff)
Rest Used
Adjustments (?)
(To Actual Trail [...]
By wolfmoonsleddog on Jan 10, 2009 in Midwest | 0 Comments
Location: Northome, MN
Time - 6:07pm
Temperature: 9 degrees
Conditions: Mostly cloudy
Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, highs in the teens, lows in the single digits
I am currently sitting in the car at the Northome checkpoint of the White Oak Sled Dog Classic, waiting for Blake and Jen to arrive. We were at the start in Deer River [...]