By Sara Elzey, Race Director
Well, it wasn’t snowing this year! And it hadn’t snowed the night before, but the weather could have been better. After a beautiful, sunny week, Saturday was dark & gloomy with a light drizzle off and on, and the temperature hovered around 40 degrees. Not the greatest for a Dryland Race! But ten brave skijorers and 16 dogs came out for some friendly competition.
Five folks ran or walked, each choosing one dog to accompany them. Don Kiely & Chance and Adele Wiejaszka & Sierra went the farthest completing the approximately 4.5 mile course in 34:52 and 34:47 respectively. Mollie Murray & Maggie ran just over 3 miles in 25:31. Janice & Ira Golub with Gilbert & Sirius did the 2 mile course in 16:27.
Five folks biked the approximately 3 mile course, two of them biked the course twice using different dogs. Andy Warwick w/ Zip & Joba was the fastest team, finishing in 10:21. John Carlson & Rev were the next fastest team, finishing in 11:15, just 6 seconds ahead of Mike Ruckhaus & Sasha. Sara Elzey raced two teams, the faster team was Faero & Kate with a time of 12:23. The second team of Ayla & Dylan finished with a time of 12:39. Dale Griffin with Zammie & Koho finished in 14:44. Mike Ruckhaus did a second trip with Sam finishing in 15:27.
Thanks to volunteer timers Carol Kleckner, Peggy Raybeck and Paula Ruckhaus.
Alaska Skijor and Pulk Association | ||||
Annual Dryland Race | ||||
Saturday, September 24, 2011 | ||||
Chena Lakes Flood Plain | ||||
Bib # | Skijorer | Dogs | Time | Place |
Two mile, Cani-cross, 1-2 dogs | ||||
Ira Golub | Sirius | 16:21 | 1 | |
Janice Golub | Gilbert | 16:22 | 2 | |
Three mile, Cani-cross, 1-2 dogs | ||||
Molly Murray | Maggie | 25:31 | 1 | |
Four and a half mile(-ish), Cani-cross, 1-2 dogs | ||||
Adele Wiejaczka | Sierra | 34:47 | 1 | |
Don Kiely | Chance | 34:52 | 2 | |
Three mile, Bike-jor, 1-2 dogs | ||||
Andy Warwick | Zip, Joba | 10:21 | 1 | |
John Carlson | Rev | 11:15 | 2 | |
Mike Ruckhaus | Sasha | 11:22 | 3 | |
Sara Elzey | Faero, Kate | 12:23 | 4 | |
Sara Elzey | Dylan, Ayla | 12:39 | 5 | |
Dale Griffin | Zammie, Koho | 14:44 | 6 | |
Mike Ruckhaus | Sam | 15:27 | 7 |