Pete and the Team made up about 10 minutes over the 50 mile trail in from Shaktoolik and WOW WOW WOW What a Dog Team! Tails wagging, lunging to go, these fine animals are a beauty to behold!!
Pete arrived into Koyuk at 23:21 with 10 dogs and now the games begin! Both men are extremely tired and sleep deprived at this point in the race. Pete has a decision to make soon as there really aren’t enough miles to slowly reel in Team Redington. Commentators still believe that Pete and his Team are the strongest, but just by a bit. The real question is whether Ryan can or will make a move in some way.
Ryan ran his Team all the way across the portage into Unalakleet from Kaltag, while Pete rested earlier and broke the run to Shaktoolik into two smaller runs. At this point the question is whether each Team will make the 84 mile run to White Mountain and the mandatory 8 hour rest in one run. Pete has done it several times and with this Team he undoubtedly will do it again. The big question is whether Ryan’s Team has it in the tank to do that long run as well.
Pete’s move may be to run with Ryan and short rest slightly after feeding and resting the Team. If Pete leaves with Ryan, that may be the move he has to make to pull away from him. Ryan had the faster Team before the long run to Unalakleet. Will it recharge and remain fast after the mandatory 8 hour layover? That is the $50,ooo question!!
For us, OMG it’s going to be a few long runs as well! Haha! Glued to the tracker as we wonder what will happen next!
Tomorrow the Kaiser Pit Crew will head up to Nome to prepare for the arrival. No sleep Tuesday has turned into No sleep Monday!
Go Team Kaiser!
