Feet, Meat and Beats
I know it’s cliché to say, but there is so much going through my head right now, I feel it is going to explode. Sometimes,...
Erin Altemus
Sign-up, Plan, Train, Train, Train
Over the past 12 or so years that we have raced sled dogs, I’ve been asked many times if we have thought about running “that...
Women Win
Post Beargrease, we prepared for the UP200, which I planned to run. The weather turned warmer and warmer, melting snow off the trails all around...
A Handler’s Tale
As the forecast firmed up to be solidly cold and blustery, I felt no lesser for being chief handler of Matt’s Beargrease marathon team. Matt...
Taking Chances
For three days during the Christmas blizzard of 2022, the wind kept up a steady blow, moving snow everywhere, taking down trees, blowing anything loose,...
Teamwork is the Dreamwork
Two feet of fresh snow in mid-November put us on sleds a month earlier than last year. Due to freezing rain before the snow fall...
The Best Time of Year
I find myself in recent years, peering at my life from afar–chopping blocks of meat for the dogs, huddled over the steering wheel of the...
Old Dogs Just Wanna Run
Fall comes easily this year, the cool nights edging in slowly and yet consistent. We haven’t had the wild weather swings of some autumns in...