March 16-18 – 67th annual Open North American Championship
Unlimited (20/20/27.6 mi.)
The race starts at 1:00 pm AKST (Rob will be leaving the chute @ 5:22pm EST)
Get LIVE times and INSTANT info @: http://www.sleddogcentral.com/2012_onac/index.htm
Listen LIVE @: http://tunein.com/radio/KFAR-660-s32581/
Rob attended the Musher's Bib Draw last night and got bib #11.
"I've definitely learned a lot since I have been up here. The training runs were from 10-20 miles. I should have stayed with my schedule and continued to run 20 mile runs because the dogs weren't as conditioned. I thought the trails might have been in better shape than in Fairbanks but that turned out not to be the case. So, we got enough training in to have a good time in the ONAC. This race is going to be used as experience for the dogs and driver. There aren't as many obstacles in this race but it's a lot faster! As of now, 4 Rondy finishers will not be on the team. To be successful, you have to have a wide selection of conditioned dogs, slower dogs for Rondy and faster dogs for ONAC. My team wasn't competitive this year, because of the lack of hookups due to the weather, as I know it can be. At the same time, I am tired of doing this by myself. It gets old and it can be discouraging. In my heart, I know that I am in the right place. But it's much more fun to have someone to enjoy it with. Handling help is a huge component that has been lacking in our team for many years. With someone willing to devote time and energy, I know we could come up with competitive team. Our goal for the ONAC is to finish the race. This has been a lot of fun, learning to race a mid distance race at sprint speeds. I wish I had my team of two years ago. They were ready for this race. I've not even run the ONAC yet and I already want to come back."
Unlimited (20/20/27.6 mi.)
The race starts at 1:00 pm AKST (Rob will be leaving the chute @ 5:22pm EST)
Get LIVE times and INSTANT info @: http://www.sleddogcentral.com/2012_onac/index.htm
Listen LIVE @: http://tunein.com/radio/KFAR-660-s32581/
Rob attended the Musher's Bib Draw last night and got bib #11.
"I've definitely learned a lot since I have been up here. The training runs were from 10-20 miles. I should have stayed with my schedule and continued to run 20 mile runs because the dogs weren't as conditioned. I thought the trails might have been in better shape than in Fairbanks but that turned out not to be the case. So, we got enough training in to have a good time in the ONAC. This race is going to be used as experience for the dogs and driver. There aren't as many obstacles in this race but it's a lot faster! As of now, 4 Rondy finishers will not be on the team. To be successful, you have to have a wide selection of conditioned dogs, slower dogs for Rondy and faster dogs for ONAC. My team wasn't competitive this year, because of the lack of hookups due to the weather, as I know it can be. At the same time, I am tired of doing this by myself. It gets old and it can be discouraging. In my heart, I know that I am in the right place. But it's much more fun to have someone to enjoy it with. Handling help is a huge component that has been lacking in our team for many years. With someone willing to devote time and energy, I know we could come up with competitive team. Our goal for the ONAC is to finish the race. This has been a lot of fun, learning to race a mid distance race at sprint speeds. I wish I had my team of two years ago. They were ready for this race. I've not even run the ONAC yet and I already want to come back."
ONAC Trail 2012 Fairbanks, AK
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