The end of 2014 has been tough on dog training. We’ve seen so much rain recently that it’s been hard to get in the spirit of “winter training” and racing. Unlike last year, we have been based solely out of Seward for the early part of the season. Last year, we spent a good month and a half renting a house in Knik to better train our dogs out of. The comfort & ease that gave us has been sorely missed. It was so much fun waking up to cold weather and snow!
We hope that 2015 brings colder temperatures our way. 2014 marked the first year that Anchorage never saw temperatures drop below zero. Here in Seward, we have hardly had any snow! Although elevation has seen quite a significant amount of snow, we have struggled to find a thin layer of ice to run our sleds on!
Here are some things we are hoping 2015 will bring us:
- Colder weather
- Snow!!!
- Happiness
- Health
- Gratitude
We are looking forward to the mid-distance races we are running this year: the Knik 200 and the Tustumena 200. Unfortunately this year we did not do as good a job signing up for races as we have in the past. I’m disappointed we won’t be going to The Copper Basin 300 this year after Travis’ excellent 5th place finish last year with his entire team.
