Despite a team of sick dogs, we had a relatively good, long training session over the Thanksgiving holiday. I'm not quite sure of the cause, but the entire team was sick and their spirits a little down. Even so, they pulled and ran well. A sick dog team can end a team's race, so it was truly encouraging to see them persevere while feeling so aweful. And, if the cause was a virus they were going to catch anyway, it's good to get that out of the way early.

Anyway, they will have 2 weeks to recover and get healthy again -- this coming weekend is the rookies meeting in Anchorage, so instead of training I will be sitting in a conference room learning some important things for a successful race. No musher would rather sit in a conference room than be out on the trail training, but, there is one thing I'm really looking forward to -- a weekend of decent sleep!!