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  Gear Carried in Pack, Sled, or on Bike 0.35 Personal bag #1 (lots of medicine, tooth brush, etc) 0.35 Personal bag #2 (foot care) 0.25 Too...

In late February, 2022, I and several other intrepid adventurers will attempt to ski from Knik to Nome as part of the Iditarod Trail Invitat...

On Sunday, March 1, 2015, I lined up for the start of the Iditarod Trail Invitational, a 300 mile race that I would be attempting on a fat-t...

I am not an awesome mountain runner.  Usually, when I sign up for a mountain race I wind up regretting it.  But the Crow Pass Marathon had l...

Adventurers wanting to ski the Iditarod Trail generally need to follow the trail set each winter by the Iditarod Dog-sled Race.  In even ye...

This was not a super easy report to write. On February 24, 2019 at 2pm, I found myself at the start line of the Iditarod Trail Invitatio...

At the bottom of this post I have a list of all of the gear I used to ski to McGrath and its approximate weight.  It worked well and I would...

The Race On Sunday March 1, 2020, I lined up for my sixth start at the Iditarod Trail Invitational, a 300-mile human powered race on the I...

On Saturday January 18, 2020, I lined up to attempt to ski the Iditasport 100k with 30 other racers (6 skiers, 17 cyclists, and 7 runners), ...

On Sunday, December 29, 2019, after over 29 hours I finished my first cross country ski race ever. The race was the Tuscobia Winter Ultra. T...

I had a fun conversation with an ITI veteran about alternative routes through the Alaska range if Rainy Pass and Hells Gate Pass aren't ...

Here is a look at historical ITI ski finishers.  The bottom line is that there have not been very many and in many years there were none. ...

Here are my thoughts on year-round bicycle commuting in Northern Climates: I sold my car fourteen years ago and began year-round bicycle...

I get a fair number of questions on ITI nutrition.  In general, I figure on about 2.5 pounds of food per day--high calorie stuff like nuts, ...

My training to ski to McGrath in the Iditarod Trial Invitational has been going well.  I'll have more to post in the upcoming days.  Mos...

There is a one-loop version of the Barkley Marathons called the Barkley Fall Classic (the "BFC"). The BFC is held in mid-Septembe...

Introduction.   On February 25, 2018, I lined up for my fourth start of the Iditarod Trail Invitational. The ITI is a human-powered race fro...