13 Jan 06 Team Order Distance approx. 5.0 miles/37 Degrees Ducky / 54.5 Miles                           Toast / 77.1 Miles Tundra / 80.5 Miles                         Mack / 80.1 Miles Crazy Willie / 51.5 Miles                Fawn / 59.3 Miles Wolf / 49.3 Miles                           Zoro / 46.7 Miles Sunny / 36.3 Miles                       Dirty / 59.7 Miles Rocky / 80.1 Miles                      Ajax / 80.1 Miles NOTES: A good run today.  Ducky was up front with Toast.  He does good after about the first mile, but the first mile he is all puppy.   Toast is for sure a life saver.  With Tundra I had to stop the team 4 or 5 times to get the team back on trail.  But with Toast she doesn’t put up with that crap from Ducky.  She keeps him going and on trail.  All and all a good run
		15 Jan 06 Team Order Distance approx. 5.0 miles/28 Degrees Tundra / 85.5 Miles                      Toast / 82.1 Miles Ducky / 59.5 Miles                        Mack / 85.1 Miles Crazy Willie / 56.5 Miles             Fawn / 64.3 Miles Wolf / 54.3 Miles                        Zoro / 51.7 Miles Sunny / 41.3 Miles                     Dirty / 64.7 Miles Rocky / 85.1 Miles                    Ajax / 85.1 Miles NOTES: Today we took the dogs out in the morning.  The run went well with Toast and Tundra up front.  The 5 miles run is getting really quick now.  I plan on now cutting the team down to the main 8 that I will take to WI with me.  Yesterday it got up to 50 degrees here so I hope there is snow in WI.  My training will have longer breaks in it for a bit now because I am in the middle of building the dog box on my truck.  I have a lot I need to get done before we head out to our first race.
				20 Jan 06 Team Order Distance approx. 5.0 miles/25 Degrees Tundra / 90.5 Miles                        Toast / 87.1 Miles Ducky / 64.5 Miles                         Mack / 90.1 Miles Rocky / 90.5 Miles                       Ajax / 90.5 Miles NOTES: I am running with the main team now until the race.  This is the team that will be going to WI with us and racing in the 10 mile Rec race.  Today I decided to let them have a little fun.  I didnt really give them any resistance with the four wheeler today.  I just let them run really fast.  They really seamed to enjoy it.  Hopefully if everything holds together I plan on taking them on a 10 mile run.
			25 Jan 06 Team Order Distance approx. 5.0 miles/40 Degrees Tundra / 95.5 Miles                               Toast / 92.1 Miles Ducky / 69.5 Miles                                Mack / 95.1 Miles Rocky / 95.5 Miles                              Ajax / 95.5 Miles NOTES: Not too much to say other then this darn warm weather really sucks!!!!!!
					27 Jan 06 Team Order Distance approx. 10.2 miles/47 Degrees Tundra / 105.7 Miles                          Toast / 102.3 Miles Ducky / 79.7 Miles                             Mack / 105.7 Miles Rocky / 105.7 Miles                        Ajax / 105.7 Miles NOTES: Well we finally did the 10 mile run I have been wanting to do for a while now.  And it was HOT!  Man what am I supposed to do though.  This weather is ridiculous.  Yesterday I couldn’t run them at all because it got up to almost 60 degrees.  A week from today we will be in Bayfield WI for our first race.  It will be a 10 mile race and my first time on a sled.  I hope I can stay on.  The run went pretty well except Tundra was in one of his moods.  So on the way back I put Ducky up front.  He again still has a lot of puppy in him but when he pulls his head out of his but and buckles down he is ossom up front.  I also finished the dog box today except paint.  So I will probably run the dogs one more time before we head out.
					01 Feb 06 Team Order Distance approx. 2.5 miles/40 Degrees Tundra / 108.2 Miles                                 Toast / 104.8 Miles Ducky / 82.2 Miles                                     Mack / 108.2 Miles Rocky / 108.2 Miles                                Ajax / 108.2 Miles NOTES: The purpose of today’s run more than anything was to try out the dog box and see how the dogs handle it.  Rocky doesnt really like the box too much.  I suppose he better get used to it.  As far as the run it was just a quick sprint back to home.  Im actually a little nervous about injury at this point.  So I figure better safe then sorry.  Well its off to the races!!!!!!!!!
							07 Feb 06 Team Order Distance approx. 2.6 miles/30 Degrees Tundra / 110.8 Miles                                      Toast / 107.4 Miles Fuzz / 2.6 Miles                                             Ewok / 18.2 Miles Cotton / 2.6 Miles                                       Dirty / 67.3 Miles Zoro / 54.3 Miles                                        Wolf / 56.9 Miles NOTES: Well now that the race has come and gone we are going to spend the rest of the training season training up all these young pups.  Today was the first time we hooked up Fuzz and Cotton.  Its so funny they are so clumsy when they run.  At least they run and pull so there is a lot of hope for the two of them.
						12 Feb 06 Team Order Distance approx. 2.6 miles/34 Degrees Tundra / 113.4 Miles                                         Toast / 110 Miles Ducky / 84.8 Miles                                               Sunny / 43.9 Miles Fawn / 66.9 Miles                                                          Crazy Willie / 59.1 Miles NOTES: I tried to hook up Max and Molly today.  They didn’t make the run.  I think I am done trying this out.  I am going to work with the rest of the puppies this summer.  Just get them used to being on a leash and running without the pressure of being attached to the gangline.  From now on its all about keeping them in shape and training leaders.
							18 Feb 06 Team Order Distance approx. 2.6 miles/24 Degrees Tundra / 116 Miles                                                Toast / 112.6 Miles Ducky / 87.4 Miles                                               Sunny / 46.5 Miles Cotton / 5.2 Miles                                           Fuzz / 5.2 Miles Wolf / 59.5 Miles                                           Zoro / 56.9 Miles NOTES: Good run, Cotton and Fuzz were less clumsy today.
						20 Feb 06 Team Order Distance approx. 3.7 miles/28 Degrees Ducky / 91.1 Miles                                    Toast / 116.3 Miles Sunny / 50.2 Miles                                       Tundra / 119.7 Miles Wolf / 63.2 Miles                                   Zoro / 60.6 Miles Dirty / 71 Miles                                                    Crazy Willie / 62.8 Miles Rocky / 111.9 Miles                                Ajax / 111.9 Miles NOTES: Today we tried to put Sunny up front.  It started out good, but it didn't work out so well.  He started out the gate really well and was running like a champ then he decided to be a puppy again.  All he could do was play around with Toast.  I stopped three times and tried to get them back on track but it just wasn't going to work.  So I had to put Ducky up front for the rest of the trip.  He did really well.  There is no doubt in my mind now that Ducky will be a great leader some day.  I still believe Sunny will run in lead but I am not going to try it again till next year.  I think he needs to get rid of the “Puppy” first.