A warm bed was hard to leave this morning as we looked at the temperature reading out on our phones. Pete and the Team, with Ari, Bethany, and Ron, made the trip up to near their place in Nenana, while the rest of the Pit Crew rode Alaska Airlines and are here in Fairbanks.
The sun is slowly rising as well as Pete and Ron are readying the Team for the short 30 minute ride into town for this morning’s 2017 Iditarod Start.
This was what we had heard- Clear and Cold. Here in Interior Alaska the sun is a real bonus and temperatures will rise slowly to an expected -5 high for today. Pete and the Team will be leaving the Starting Line at 10:50am, so if you are in Fairbanks, bundle up and join us to send off the Team!
Today’s run will take Pete and the Team down the Chena River towards the Nenana River and down the trail to Nenana, where we will meet him and give him his first Checkpoint bag. This is the unique part of a Fairbanks Start, where Pit Crews meet their Teams in the Nenana Checkpoint. It’s about a 50 mile ride to Nenana for us, but a 60 mile run over the river trail.
Of course I’ll have photos and more from today, but expect a bit of a blackout as we speed here and there supporting Pete and the Team.
The Iditarod Insider will have the live start, so if you are a subscriber, make sure to tune in!
Go Team Kaiser!!
