These pictures I took on Friday - they show the pulka staging area at the 1/2 way point (really it is the finish line for the sled races) of the Pulka/skijouring race. The person leaves with the dog harnessed into the pulka (which is an exact weight but I don't know how they determine the weight you have to carry inside the pulka, I think it has to do with the weight of the dog) and goes 4 miles and then, fast as they can they un-harness the dog from the pulka and then skijour the same trail. The second picture shows three women coming into the finish line from the skijouring portion at the same time!! very exciting!

We had a very nice dinner (radish soup, pheasant and caribou sausage!) and by the time we were done, I was too! Randy told me to go to bed and he would drop dogs and I didn't hesitate!!!

Claude Bellerive did not have a better run yesterday and is not running today so we won't see them again until we go to stay at their "sugar shack" (the cabin where they make maple syrup in the maple forest behind their house). The opinion of most is that he trained his new dogs that he bought last spring from Ross Sanderson in Alaska maybe too far, fast, and often and they are sour/burned out. It is not as cold or windy as it was predicted to be so that's good for both human and canine racers!! Will write more after the race today.