February challenge - week 1

[ilanarama]

We're a week into February - how many miles have you run?

I added up all the miles (and kilometers :-) and came up with a target of 870 miles for February...which happens to be the distance across Alaska between Anchorage and Unkaleet, which is much of the Iditarod. Since that dogsled race starts March 1st, we'll 'run' it this month so we can get out of the way before the dogs come!

If you signed up on the challenge post, be sure to post here with your miles for the month so far! If you didn't sign up but you want to help us run a virtual Iditarod, feel free to post your miles, and I'll add them in. (Maybe we can get all the way to Nome!)

I'll post on Monday, or when everyone's chimed in, with a progress bar for everyone and a progress map for the group.


ilanarama - 200 miles
thalia - 35 miles
semielliptical - 45 miles
silveraspen - 50 miles
cadenzamuse - 15 miles
ell - 140 miles
temve - 120 miles
meri_oddities - 100 miles
calico_jane - 35 miles
linaelyn - 50 miles

blnchflr - 55 km
ridicully - 75 km

Comments

[ell]

46 for me so far in February - missed a run this week so I'm a bit behind Tem-ve...

Hopefully, I'll still be on point for the goal, though.

Mush! Mush! Mush!
:-)

[linaelyn]

We all LOL'ed at the Mush Mush Mush, here. :-)

[ell]

:-)

I'm a huge fan of sled dogs and movies featuring talking sled dogs. I may become insufferable this month...

[blnchflr]

I assume you know 8 Below, then? So few people have seen that movie.

[ell]

I don't! But it's going on the Lovefilm (German netflix) list now :-)

I was thinking of Snow Dogs which I refuse to stop liking despite its idiocy

[linaelyn]

Have I mentioned that Estel's mom raised Siberians for decades, and for the past 15 years or so, she's run NorCal's Siberian Husky rescue? One of her house-dogs (named Harley, IIRC) was a canine-actor in Iron Will (yet another sled dog movie.)

[ell]

I've seen Iron Will :-) that is so cool! I've always loved huskies even though i am very aware that my lifestyle and cats make me completely unacceptable as a dog owner, especially of one like a husky. But they're still amazing dogs...

[blnchflr]

If/when you see it, I'd love to hear if you liked it :)