Kicking off season 4 with the :
1 sled dog 1 mile
1 pet dog 1 mile
as many dogs as you like (or are crazy enough to use) 1 mile Canicross - take seven league steps!
and the soon to be famous
2 sled dog 2,5 mile mini mass start
This is an interesting format, with 2 teams starting next to each other, followed 30 seconds later by another pair, then another pair till everyone is out at once. This is down the Copper Haul so it's nice and wide. Just before the turn into the Kid's loop there will be a line in the sand - first dog to the line has priority into the loop and NO passing in the loop - make sure you draw bib 1!
The one dogs go the other way, with the delight of a short climb, then sprint twistily through the trees on hard mud, before racing back down a Copper Haul Section from last winter's trail and down the mogul descent (except the snow has melted so it's so much easier to negotiate - it is, honest, beware the rocks).
Meet at Icy Waters Ltd 6pm sharp Sunday, or Jocelynn & Simi won't let you in, remember it's DPSAY membership renewal time ($15 single, $25 family/couples), $10 entry for your first race, $5 for subsequent races (on the same day).
As always bike helmets - and not some dog bowl "helmet" famously featured on the Yukon News cover - are mandatory, and body armour recommended - ask yourself if your knee/elbow is worth $35? Armour available at sponsor Cadence Cycle (the bike shop previously known as "Philippe's")
Prizes for 1st-3rd from the Chocolate Claim (coffee still 50c off with your own mug), other prize positions from Aurora Booties, C&D Feeds, Icy Waters Ltd.
BBQ in the IWL car park afterwards - bring a chair! and a Yukon Brewing T-shirt, and catch up with all the dog sports enthusiasts you won't recognise in summer now you can actually see them and they've cut winter's insulation off!
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