Final Preparations!!!!!

Running the Mid Distance Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon
Day 153, January 22, 2011
Team Buzzsaw / Stewart Taylor Printing

5 months has come and gone. I started this journey September 1, 2010 and it will be over in just about 1 week. Today's event will be clipping the dogs toe nails, foot care and equipment check. Final preparations will take a couple hours of going over our game plan and making sure we cross everything off of our to do list. In this last week I will lose 5 more lbs bringing me past my goal and reaching 170lbs, down from 200 last July! The dogs are in great shape and we have finalized our squad with a couple of late surprises. Potential lineup is: Lead dogs will be Cirrus and Whisper, Point dogs will be Serena and Russell, team dogs will be Rocket and China, wheel dogs are Sly and Jaye. We had a sweet run yesterday to Two Harbors and with the cold weather crystallizing the snow, it was fast! In 2 days I will ride a snowmobile to Tofte, MN (finish line) to learn the whole trail and make some notes by using my GPS to know milege points. Lots of work, but worth it for a great run!