Mushing Alaska

Sean's back from his trip floating the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Sean gives an overview of his trip and then we get into all things Iditarod. We discuss some of the non-mushing events leading up to the Iditarod, some of the behind-the-scenes aspects of the race that might get overlooked, and then break down some of the route, mushers and more - we hope you enjoy!

We pick up from where we left off in our last recording with Eddie. We discuss his Kuskokwim 300 (where he got 3rd place),  talk about transitioning for the Iditarod, long distance training and cover a lot of mushing topics in the process. Hope y'all enjoy!

Fresh off his 2nd place finish in the Yukon Quest 300, Isaac joins the show and discusses how he got involved in mushing, how he ended up working for Dallas Seavey, and the path that's now led him to being qualified to run the Iditarod, enjoy!

We break down this week's Willow 300 and Kuskokwim 300. Tune in to see if our predictions come true.

Riley Dyche runs and operates his own "DarkHorse Kennel" near Fairbanks, AK and is a veteran of both of THE 1000 mile sled dog races: Iditarod and Yukon Quest. He talks about the challenges of competing in these races while having your own relatively small group of dogs (<30). His connection wasn't great for just about 2 or 3 minutes of this conversation, which is why there is no proper video available. Loved our chat though, enjoy!

Eddie Burke Jr is our guest on this episode. He is a rookie in the 2023 Iditarod, has won two 200 mile races, placed 3rd in Kobuk 440 and finished a handful of other races. Eddie has only been mushing for about 4 years and can credit his rapid success to his world class sled dogs and mentorship from veteran mushers Aaron Burmeister and Tony Browning. Of course Eddie gets some credit too, after all he is in charge of training, conditioning, feeding, and caring for the dogs and his race preparations. The kennel name is Alaska Wildstyle Racing.

*Explicit Content* We go over what went down in the Knik 200 and get distracted with sled dog talk along the way.

We talk about the Alpine Creek Excursion and the Solstice 50, races that have already came and went. Sean also tries to explain what it takes to get a dog team to races consistently.