March 13
My guess was wrong. Trent did not rest a bit in Ruby and head on to Huslia for this 24 hour mandatory rest.
Trent arrived in Ruby at ~ 645 this Friday morning and is still there 16 hours later. He is clearly taking his 24 there. Expect the team to fire out of the shoot right about 700 AKST tomorrow/Saturday morning.
Again, seeing 16 dogs check out of Ruby will be key. The next checkpoint is Galena, about 50 miles, 6-8 hours down the trail. It has been very cold the past few days on that stretch, as low as -30F to -40F at night. Trent may well be setting himself up to run during the daytime as much as possible while it is so cold. Many times, the strategy is to run at night when it is colder... when colder is -10F not -40F!
He should be in Galena late afternoon on Saturday.
Tim