Biography
Sue Allen, 50, was born in Binghampton, New York. A job transfer brought her to Alaska in 1986. She lives in a log home in Houston, Alaska with her husband, Rich, one special border collie and seven retired sled dogs. She teaches Physical Education at Wasilla High School. When not teaching or running dogs, she enjoys biking, running, hiking, and reading. Sue will be introducing a new group of young dogs from Happy Trails Kennel to the Trail.
"I often question why I would run this race again. It's a huge commitment of time, energy, money and comfort. The tougher question for me, the one I can't answer is… why wouldn't I?"
Sponsors
Tom & Tina Knolmayer |
2008 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/01 10:57:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 14:50:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 18:49:00 | 16 | 3/02 21:10:00 | 16 | 2h 21m | 3h 59m | 10.54 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 00:19:00 | 16 | 3/03 08:16:00 | 16 | 7h 57m | 3h 9m | 10.79 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 13:35:00 | 16 | 3/03 21:15:00 | 15 | 7h 40m | 5h 19m | 8.46 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 01:50:00 | 15 | 3/04 09:14:00 | 15 | 7h 24m | 4h 35m | 6.55 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 14:46:00 | 15 | 3/05 07:18:00 | 15 | 16h 32m | 5h 32m | 8.67 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 18:31:00 | 15 | 3/06 03:10:00 | 15 | 8h 39m | 11h 13m | 6.69 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 09:44:00 | 15 | 3/07 12:08:00 | 15 | 26h 24m | 6h 34m | 8.22 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/07 14:25:00 | 15 | 3/07 14:45:00 | 14 | 0h 20m | 2h 17m | 7.88 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 17:15:00 | 14 | 3/08 03:12:00 | 14 | 9h 57m | 2h 30m | 10.00 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/08 23:00:00 | 14 | 3/09 08:39:00 | 12 | 8h 39m | 19h 48m | 2.98 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/09 20:35:00 | 12 | 3/10 04:57:00 | 12 | 8h 22m | 11h 56m | 9.39 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/10 11:26:00 | 12 | 3/10 19:30:00 | 12 | 8h 4m | 6h 29m | 8.02 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/11 02:41:00 | 12 | 3/11 10:58:00 | 11 | 8h 17m | 7h 11m | 7.24 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 16:37:00 | 11 | 3/12 03:10:00 | 10 | 10h 33m | 5h 39m | 7.43 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 21:28:00 | 10 | 3/13 06:33:00 | 9 | 9h 5m | 18h 18m | 4.92 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/13 12:30:00 | 9 | 3/13 18:44:00 | 9 | 6h 14m | 5h 57m | 7.06 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 01:20:00 | 9 | 3/14 08:15:00 | 9 | 6h 55m | 6h 36m | 7.27 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/14 14:55:00 | 9 | 3/14 22:14:00 | 9 | 7h 19m | 6h 40m | 7.20 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 15:38:00 | 9 | 3/16 02:14:00 | 8 | 10h 36m | 17h 24m | 2.64 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 09:28:00 | 8 | 3/16 09:33:00 | 8 | 0h 5m | 7h 14m | 7.60 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 12:57:40 | 8 | 3h 24m | 6.47 | |
|
22 | ||||
