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...
Finding our FocusErin AltemusOctober 28, 2020 by Erin AltemusOctober 28, 2020 Last year’s racing season ended with the crushing disappointment of a scratch from my big race, the Can-Am 250. For two weeks in early March,...
Two Races and a Road TripErin AltemusApril 1, 2020 by Erin AltemusApril 1, 2020 In mid-February, we packed up 14 dogs, two mushers, one handler and a toddler and headed to the UP200, a 230-mile race starting and ending...