The Dogs of Sawtooth RacingErin AltemusJanuary 25, 2022 by Erin AltemusJanuary 25, 2022 How do you tell them all apart? It’s the first question asked when someone new meets the team. I’m sure their jumping barking faces do...
TeamworkErin AltemusDecember 29, 2021 by Erin AltemusDecember 29, 2021 At our previous homestead off Pine Mountain Road, our kennel was conveniently situated between two main snowmobile trails and several unplowed forest roads. Sometimes with...
Storms of NovemberErin AltemusDecember 1, 2021 by Erin AltemusDecember 1, 2021 About the time we were supposed to be getting our first good snow, a month or more of rain came all at once on November...
The Times are a Changin…Erin AltemusOctober 26, 2021 by Erin AltemusOctober 26, 2021 In April, we moved from our off-grid cabin on Mush Lake to a home in the County Road 14 area east of Grand Marais. The...
Beargrease 2021Erin AltemusFebruary 25, 2021 by Erin AltemusFebruary 25, 2021 With 1400 training miles on the team, no training injuries and healthy leaders, I felt confident going into the race. The trail was short of...
Beargrease Race StrategyErin AltemusJanuary 28, 2021 by Erin AltemusJanuary 28, 2021 As I write this, the big race is three weeks away. The team has trained 1,100+ miles to date. I’ve spent almost every free day...
The Coldest MilesErin AltemusJanuary 5, 2021 by Erin AltemusJanuary 5, 2021 I have maintained a log of our training miles since the fall of 2014. It’s an excel spreadsheet, with a tab for each month of...
Hindsight is Always 2020Erin AltemusNovember 24, 2020November 24, 2020 by Erin AltemusNovember 24, 2020November 24, 2020 I ended my last blog on a rather upbeat note in a year when I should have known better. At the end of our first...