CB300 Update - 8:30pm Saturday

Cody got into Wolverine tonight around 7:40pm! The dogs were still screaming and ready to run! They flew through Tolsona this afternoon around 4:15, for a run time of just over 3 hours!! It was just a quick stop at Tolsona, to put on an extra layer of clothes, before heading off to Wolverine.

From the handlers :

we saw cody scream through tolsona. in fact he was there early and the dogs were screaming to go. unfortunately the handlers were slacking and someone else had to do our job of holding the dogs while he checked in. rockin, the cb300!

They were running fast on their way to Wolverine, covering the distance in 3 hours. Once to Wolverine, he fed them, and all the dogs ate like horses! They are looking happy, and definitely having a good time. Cody is massaging them now and getting them ready for their long rest. With his time differential added on to his 8 hour layover, they will be there for about 9.5 hours.

CB300 Update - 2:10pm Saturday

Cody arrived at Glennallen this morning at 7:19, after a smooth run in from Chistochina. The trail has been good, and he has been really pleased with how the dogs are doing. He is definitely tired, he has been up with the dogs most the of time, only getting an hour of sleep for himself during this last rest. On these shorter first two rests at Chistochina and Glennallen, the main priorities are getting the dogs fed and bedded down, and making sure they are looking good- checking for any injuries or soreness, leaving little time for anyone to get much rest. Cody has been taken great care of his team, and they are certainly showing it!

Cody and the team left Glennallen this afternoon at 1:20. His dogs were screaming to go! All 12 of his dogs are looking good, and running great. As they left the checkpoint they were going crazy, barking, jumping, and harness banging! They are totally pumped and looking awesome. His run into Wolverine will mostly be in the daylight today, which will help keep Cody awake, and he will take his mandatory 8 hour layover tonight, and hopefully catch up on sleep and get refreshed for the rest of the race.

Paige and Thomas haven't gotten much sleep either, these are crazy weekends and everything is constantly moving. Paige is on 0 hours of sleep, and Thomas was able to sneak in 2 hours. But, they are all really pumped with how everything is going! They just arrived in Tolsona. It is a 25 mile run for Cody to get to Tolsana, so they will see him later this afternoon, and he is planning at this point to continue through Tolsona and then onto Wolverine.

CB300!

Cody took off from Glenallen today with 12 dogs, wearing bib #10! They left the start at 1:18 this afternoon. They had a smooth run, and the team got in tonight to Chistochina at 8:29pm, for a run time of 7 hours and 11 minutes!! According to the Spottracker, their average run time was just over 6 mph. They had some overflow to contend with, but his awesome leaders Windsor and Oakie were perfect, and they hardly got wet. I just got off the phone with Paige and Thomas, who are handling for Cody , and he is doing amazing! The dogs are doing looking really good, and Cody is really happy with how they ran. He gave them some extra attention tonight as they bedded down in the straw, just to make sure they continue to do well. They still have 242 miles to go, but for now they are sleeping. Cody probably won't get much sleep tonight because it is always really exciting at the start of the race; they are all definitely excited to have a great first run behind them. They are going to rest 5-6 hours, and then take off in the early hours of the morning.

I will keep updating as I hear from Paige and Thomas, and if Paige gets internet, she will try to post too. But, definitely watch the team from the CB300.com website, the spottracker is rather addicting, and their facebook page keeps things updated too!

Here is Cody's Spottracker: http://trackleaders.com/copperi.php?name=Strathe__Cody
And search them of Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copper-Basin-300-Sled-Dog-Race/113218608732801

copper basin

We are all packed up and ready to roll. Codys team lineup is....
windsor okie
bleeker stout
lupine tj maxx
dundee horstein
dozer ursa
berry goober

we are really happy with how the dogs have been running up to this point and are sure they are going to do a great job. go team squid!!

Copper Basin 300 live tracker by trackleaders.com

Here is the link to the SPOT tracker site for the race. It sounds like they might not have enough for all mushers, but you can look here to see where those mushers with SPOT trackers are on the trail during the race. Copper Basin 300 live tracker by trackleaders.com

Follow along on FACEBOOK

Here is the link to the Copper Basin 300 Facebook page. They will have updates here as well, so if you are a facebooker, then check it out.. Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race (12)

Copper Basin Bound!

Training has been going well. Last week we had a great run in the White Mountains with Mike Ellis. Our plan was to run out to the divide, a little over 50 miles, camp for a couple hours and then run back to the truck. Plans changed when we hit nasty wind blown conditions that were a little punchy for the dogs about 38 miles into the run. At that point we decided to spare the dogs the difficult travel conditions that could injure them and head back to the truck. Instead, we had glorious 76 mile run and the dogs felt stronger with every mile we passed.. just the momentum we needed to make Cody go ahead and bite the bullet and sign up for the toughest 300 miles in Alaska!...

Cody and the dogs will be running the Copper Basin 300 on January 8th. This race starts in Paxson in the Alaska range and does big loop south through the Copper River Basin and Lake Louise Areas before heading back north to Paxson for the finish.

This week will be spent getting drop bags all ready for each checkpoint. You can see below that there is a big pile of stuff that needs to be organized which includes, booties, dog food, human food, hand warmers, extra gloves, sled runner plastic, cooker fuel, headlamp batteries, dog blankets, and the list goes on and on.. will be a busy week getting organized and doing our last training runs.

The race can be followed on their website at http://www.cb300.com/ . The race start will also be on the local radio which can be heard online at http://www.kcam.org/ . Thomas Robertson will be handling along with Paige on the race, so they will try to update the blog.. that is if Paige can figure out how to use that new smart phone and can find a hot spot in the small communties along the trail. We heard the race may have GPS SPOT trackers on all the racers, so you can follow team Squid's progress in real time.