Last year was my first time running the PSS and I finished 6th overall. I love the format going from town to town meeting so many new people in all the great communities.Also now that the Stages are shorter it is within the distance I run. The prestige off the race, the quality of the organization are part of the reason why I run the Pedigree® Stage Stop Race. But mainly it is always fun competing against some the best mushers out there.

What do you think of the shorter format? I never ran it when it was father as it didn t fit in with all the other races I would run but now it is perfect millage to head off to run The Pas Trappers Festival Which is 3×35 miles and Cross Lake ,MB which is 3×33 mile heats.
What races are you running? I race races anything from 10-35 miles. I have 20 dogs in Training. I train up to 35miles .Generally a day on day off schedule unless I feel the team needs an extra rest day in between.

Tell me a bit about your dogs: I will have 7dogs from last year on my team. All dogs are age 1-5. 5 leaders ,3 off them are veterans to the Stage Stop. Howard ,Monica ,Liam,Wade and Slim All dogs are intact except Liam. I will have 10males and 4 females on this years team.

What is your goal for this years Pedigree® Stage Stop Race?
Hoping to improve on last years placing. I really think I held the dogs back more than I needed to last year as I took a very conservative approach as it was my first time racing that many days in a row.
Hoping to improve on last years placing. I really think I held the dogs back more than I needed to last year as I took a very conservative approach as it was my first time racing that many days in a row.
Here a fun video of a training run and pass training. Dang my distance running seems slow Am not sure I would even make the first corner with a team like that: