Brent Sass has arrived into Galena and of course….. he is not staying. He left at 11.45 with 14 dogs. Celia and Krypton were running in lead. He was inquiring about the new trail and how long it is. 55 miles the trailbrakers did it yesterday. No It’s 58 miles, then another person chimed in with 63 miles. ” Well I guess I will get there when I get there ” was Brent’s answer.

Notably. Aliy was traveling a bit slower than Brent, as she has come off a longer run. Now Mitch Seavey, who rested en route to Ruby and then in Ruby again, is traveling yet faster than Brent. It is a very intricate game, the run and rest schedule. Daytime is big consideration, trying to avoid the heat of the day or the dead of night. If a team rests a little too long, it might lose touch with the front pack. If a team rests too short, or better said, does one run a little bit too long, the team speed drops. And once that usually happens, its next to impossible to reverse, specially later in the race. Hugh Neff falls in that category right now. Time will tell if Aily’s speed will bounce back up after her 8 hr layover. She has done a succession of long runs, ever since leaving Takotna. She has camped out twice and done 3 runs of 8 hrs plus.  Compare that to Mitch Seavey, who is on his 5th run, so he rested his dogs quite a bit more. Dallas Seavey is on a complete different schedule. He did his 24 in Cripple, ran nonstop to Ruby and now takes his 8 hr there. That will get him into the heat of the day. Yet all the rest should build a fast team.