Winner of Minto Flats 150 - If there was such a thing

Paige Drobny- winner of the Minto Flats 150 coming in at 22 hours total time...... Does it matter that she was the only racer in this mock training race? Nahh, the team did great!

With the Quest 300 one week away, we did one last big training run with the dogs Saturday from our house out to Minto Flats, near Nenana Alaska. Paige took the race team with a plan of running the dogs on a race schedule and covering around 150 miles in less than 24 hour period with 2 rests built in out at a mock checkpoint camp. To make it more like a race, Tom Ruskowski and Cody ran teams to the mock checkpoint and supplied doggy distractions like those at a real checkpoint. Tom and Cody also supplied a warm tent, warm pizza, warm cookies, and warm little smokies and eggs to the passing mushers... ah..Paige that is.

To the left is Tom's team learning to sleep on the line. No eaten harnesses or lines... good dogs!

Below, Checkpoint volunteer Tom, makes his famous little smoky, egg, and hasbrown burritos.... a very filling morning treat.

Paige did one long run, rested dogs at camp, ate dinner, then headed out for another run until the wee hours of the morning and came back, took a nap and ate breakfast and then saddled up for the last run home. Below is video of the dogs in the morning. 100 miles down, 50 to go on the way home.. Looking good.

The team looks amazing, check back for more info soon,

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