One can just imagine wild-eyed intensity on Jay Petervary’s face as he pedaled out of Nikolai into the subzero darkness — stoic grimace, thousand-yard stare, and ice crusted to his headgear. Entering his third night…
The second day of the Iditarod Trail Invitational began under clear skies and far-reaching visibility, granting my bush pilot friend Dan Bailey and I the perfect opportunity to take his little yellow Cessna over the…
The atmosphere surrounding Knik Lake was an empty canvas — flat light, soft snow, and a slate gray sky — as 49 runners and cyclists embarked on the 14th running of the Iditarod Trail Invitational,…
As 55 cyclists, skiers, and runners gear up for this weekend’s Iditarod Trail Invitational, human-powered racing on Alaska’s Iditarod Trail quietly turns thirty years old. In 1983, “the father of the Iditarod” Joe Redington launched…
Endurance running is a sport built on a foundation of persistence, but if there were a President of Persistence Lifetime Award for ultrarunners, I would nominate Tim Hewitt. Who is Tim Hewitt? He’s a 57-year-old…
If you happen to be somewhere near downtown Winnipeg this weekend, don’t be alarmed if you catch a glimpse of a furry Yeti ushering in a stream of bleary-eyed cyclists on fat bikes and ice-crusted…
“To get to the heart of America, we cannot simply walk its forests and fields; rather, we must cut through its industrial underbelly and pull out and examine its ugly organs: its railways and refineries,…
Editor’s note: Beat Jegerlehner is preparing to compete in the Iditarod Trail Invitational, a thousand-mile, human-powered trek across frozen Alaska on the famed Iditarod Trail. The race begins Feb. 24 in Knik, Alaska, and Beat…
Yukon Arctic Ultra racers are still marching along the Yukon Quest Trail in the human-powered winter ultramarathon that began on Sunday morning. Italian cyclist Aldo Mazzocchi was the first to arrive at the 300-mile checkpoint…
Editor’s note: Beat Jegerlehner is preparing to compete in the Iditarod Trail Invitational, a thousand-mile, human-powered trek across frozen Alaska on the famed Iditarod Trail. The race begins Feb. 24 in Knik, Alaska, and Beat…