So the Iron Dog is over for 2011, but the staff and board are already discussing and starting to gear up for the 2012 race. There’s a lot to do in the next twelve month, but I know their all up to it.
For my share, I plan to revisit the route I used for the section from Nenana to the Chena Flood Control area. Although I put over 500 miles on sled trying to sort out the best route and dealt with the government entities to get us properly permitted, no one took the bypass route, they all ran up the river. So next year I may just change the route option. Of course I’ll still need to get all the permits in place so the racers don’t have to dodge bullets from the practice range, but then I can mark the hazards on the Tanana. Unfortunately it was one of these hazards that cost Todd Palin first place. He broke an A-Arm on his sled when he hit a block of ice poking up.
So it was a good race and now on to some fun time.
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