Preparing for Our First 1,000 Mile Yukon Quest!

Our race season is well under way and race training is in full swing. As I write this in the second week of November, we are running somewhere between 20 and 30 miles depending on the day. Our young team is currently on a program of running four days a week: two days on, one day off; two days on, two days off. Unfortunately, our snow has been a bit slow to come this year, so we are still doing all of our running on an ATV. We are making the most of it though, and have been out on a few camping trips, and have traveled to a few different trail systems. This is crucial race training, and gets the yearlings used to traveling, and eating and sleeping away from home.