ITI wrap-up
First of all, I need to apologize again for the lack of updates on Half Past Done. I have no intention of letting this Web site lapse, but I am currently still the sole operator…
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Iditarod racers press on toward Nome
I apologize for the sparse updates on this blog during the past week. Life often gets in the way of even the best intentions, but the Iditarod Trail Invitational continues its long grind along the…
Jay Petervary shatters ITI course record
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…
Iditarod Trail flyover
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…
Iditarod Trail Invitational launches
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,…
A brief history of Iditabike
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…
Run Thousands: The persistence of Tim Hewitt
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…
Striking through “the heart of America”
“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,…
What’s in your sled?
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…
Fueling up for a thousand-mile trek across Alaska
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…