2015 Gin Gin 200
The 2015 Mid-Distance Race season officially kicks off this weekend with the start of the Gin Gin 200. The Gin Gin is a 200 mile dog sled race that will be run along parts of the Denali Highway (closed in the winter time) from Cantwell to Paxson and beyond. It sounds like it will be a great race. Although it had been put on in years past, it has not been run recently. The race organizer, Zoya Denure & John Schandlemeier, have been busy raising their family and training their own competitive kennel.
The race has a lot of new names signed up – looks like a lot of people are either trying to qualify for Iditarod 2016 as many of the same mushers are signed up for other races.
The trail should be relatively fast and it will be interesting to see the speeds mushers like Joar Ulfsom, Ken Anderson, Wade Marrs, Paul Gebhardt, and Brent Sass post. I expect these mushers will make up the top 5. The first race is always fun as it gives us an early glimpse at this years coming racing season. Wish we were headed to the starting line!
Follow the Gin-Gin 200 on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Gingin200
We are wishing all our friends out on the trail a great race — especially friend Wade Marrs!
