Good Afternoon Race Fans!
It was a wonderful day at the Kuskokwim 300 Starting Line today! For many years the K300 started at midday before Teams became so high performance that leaving at midday meant arriving at the Finish Line in the wee hours of the morning. Later races start in the evening so spectators can see both the start and the finish at a “reasonable time.” Due to the threat of stormy warm conditions, it meant that we had a midday start. IT WAS GREAT!!
After all of the weather drama this year, it was great to have sunshine, mild temperatures, and virtually no wind! Everyone was just happy, happy, happy! As I’ve said before, dogsled racing is the celebration of these great dogs and those that care for them and today was truly a party!
Fans and the 17 Teams in this year’s race all gathered at the Starting line and before too long Pete was at the chute and ready to go! Pretty cool to see two Iditarod Champions set to leave in the first pair. Ryan Redington chose bib 1 and Pete was bib 2.
The dogs really were charged up by the atmosphere as well and soon it was 3-2-1 GO~!
The trail is hard and fast and the weather forecast shows it to be like this for the next two days before a warm storm hits the Delta.
Good luck to all of the Teams and GO TEAM KAISER!!
