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Bruce Lee had said he expected her to push a bit past Nulato, so he certainly thought she would. He was expecting her to be the first to Eagle Island, the next checkpoint after Kaltag.
EDIT: has been almost 4 hours since she arrived, but so obviously taking a rest and not pushing through. Typical rest breaks are ~4 hours, so I'd think she'd be pulling out within an hour or so.
So it looks like Paige pulled into Nulato at 4:30 EST at a rate of 9.13 mph from Galena. That's the fastest checkpoint to checkpoint mph run I've seen so far. Maybe Frosty can confirm. I have to believe she'll be pulling out soon and leapfrogging a bunch of people doing their 24 hr layover.
In terms of the trail conditions, lots of talk about the soft snow and warm temperatures. Looking at the weather for Kaltag and Anvik, the checkpoint down at the southern end of that loop they will be going on, temperatures are supposed to cool down. Lows in the single digits and highs in the 20s, so that may firm up the trail a bit. The next segment from Kaltag to Eagle Island is ~70 miles and it was soft. There was new snow and some icy overflow onto the surface. If that overflow freezes up, it could make things fast in those sections, but you still need to deal with the soft snow slowing you down. Like earlier in the race, it should be easier for Paige and Jessie and the people upfront compared to the people in the back as they will not have badly broken trail to run on. They noted that the loose crystalline snow can almost be to a dog like sand in your shoes. Apparently Paige had to change her dogs' booties 3 times on 1 stretch because the snow was getting into them and it can irritate the dogs' feet.
They expect Paige to be the first to Eagle Island checkpoint, 526 miles in and almost half way through to Nome. Current standings at ~7:30 PM are:
1. Jessie Holmes resting in Kaltag 456 miles in/672 to Nome
2. Nic Petit resting in Kaltag 456 miles in/672 to Nome
3. Emily Ford running 13 dogs 427 miles in/701 to Nome - way ahead for rookie of the year
4-7 in Nulato 420 miles in/708 to Nome including:
4. Michelle Phillips
5. Travis Beals
6. Mitch Seavey
7. Paige Drobny
8. Matt Hall resting on the trail with 15 dogs, 415 miles in/713 miles to Nome
9. Samantha LaLonde running 14 dogs 413 miles in/715 to Nome, also a rookie
10. Ryan Redington running 13 dogs 409 miles in/719 to Nome
Rookie Mike Parker has the red lantern position, resting in Ruby 319 miles in/809 to Nome
A lot of discussion about the strategy of when to take the 24. They've noted earlier that taking the 24 in Galena means that a lot of the course is still left. Lead analyst Bruce Lee did think that teams that were able to push through to Kaltag could be in better position than those who rested further back, and this could be an advantage to Holmes. Discussed what he thought the strategy would be for Holmes at Kaltag and Paige and Galena.
Jessie will be set up for 2 long runs down to Greyling. Team will be well rested and should be able to do that well. For Paige, he felt she would want to get past Nulato checkpoint to set herself up to be able to split the dog runs into roughly equal time and distance segments and let the dogs stay on a set run-rest schedule all the way down to Greyling.
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Sorry for the lack of timely updates today. Got through the analysts interview from this morning as well as some later takes.
Had an interview with a couple of the vets who explained the issues around dropped dogs. Sometimes there is a plan to drop a dog all along. People will bring young dogs along to get them experience on the long trail knowing that they plan to drop them part way through. There are also dogs that are just not running well or into the race and you want to drop them. Finally, you do have dogs that are injured or really sore and need to be dropped.
At each checkpoint, the vets are able to do a physical and give basic care. There are some areas that are collection points for dropped dogs and that have more extensive facilities. This year, these are at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Galena and Unalakleet. There dogs can be kept for longer periods of time and can get more intensive care if it is needed while waiting for the final transport to Anchorage. There the handlers from the mushers' kennels will pick them up. Sounded like they all end up in Anchorage even if the team is based far away.
Speaking of dropped dogs and vets, had an interview with Charmayne Morrison about scratching. She mentioned that it was a combination of things adding up. On the way into Manley, it was hot (which means 30s or 40s). They were not eating or drinking very well and she ended up camping sooner and resting longer periods of time than hoped for. There were some dogs that seemed pretty sore and then a stomach bug hit. Vets were giving them care for the bug, but you can't make it go away until it runs its course. Mentioned how one of her mentors said you can get tired dogs to Nome, sick dogs to Nome and injured dogs to Nome, but when you start combining them, it won't work. Decided she did not want to push the team and that it was time to drop out. She also had a pretty young team.
4 teams that they were saying looked very good are Mitch Seavey's, Paige's, Nic Petit's and Jessie Holmes'. Jessie was interviewed later in the day and he said the team was struggling at first, but has really come together now. Eating really well and have a lot of speed and power. They asked him about the long river runs and he said he has lived on the Yukon and the Tanana Rivers and they are used to this. Paige and Jessie are neighbors (that might be 50 miles from each other for all it know) and friends, but he really wants to win.
In terms of what they do during the 24, he said he wants lots of sleep and food. Idea is to have the dogs take 3 good meals and 3 6-hour sleeps during the 24. Does not feed them anything on the 24 that he would not normally feed them. Said he likes a mix of beef, liver, kidney, kibble, psyllium, krill and probiotics for the dogs.
Agree, but as much as I'd like it to be otherwise, VT likely doesn't have a landing place to get ballsy like this...
Marchand to Miami for a second round pick in 2027 that could maybe become a first rounder in 2028.
1000000% this
alas, VT doesn't have the gumption to do this
This is a pipe dream. I would love to be wrong but voting to add 3 teams to a defunct conference is not the move of an organization that is building a strategy to get out ahead of the inevitable changes. Sands isn't playing 4D chess or anything. He's out here making gentlemen's agreements to try and get leverage to join the AAU club. At the end of the day, VT isn't going to get AAU status nor get into one of the leagues at the table. Sands just helped out Cal and Stanford for nothing and he's not going to know this until the dust settles and he's left holding the bag.
Yeah we should have raided Bama or OSUs staff instead- just saying
There's surely a joke somewhere in here about most of our new hires being... Related
Not sure how I feel about raiding the cousins for all these positions, but whatever, just win.
Well I know you didn't like my comment, but with everything that has happened with my Mavs this last month and the fucking Adelson/Dumonts just trying to completely destroy the franchise and spit in the fans faces (just announced a huge season ticket increase too, seriously, fuck them) the Stars and the potential for a run at the Cup is all I have right now.
Did we already know about this guy
On Wednesday, Virginia Tech officially announced the hiring of Trey Neyer as assistant athletic director of player personnel.
https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/football/virginia-tech-hires-for...
Actually now coming out that his golddigger girlfriend didn't want to live in Raleigh, and that's why he wouldn't counter the Canes offer.
And he let her unhappiness cause issues in the lockerroom. What a swell couple they are.
Yea, true. But adv. statistics can easily be tailored to pick up situational stats in baseball to get that granularity you're suggesting. For Barry Bonds, just look at WAR during offseason. Or look at WAR when player in scoring position and 2 outs. Or WAR against elite pitching. Adv. stats in baseball are really easy to pick up situationally because those situations are often repeated and easily defined.
There are some decent adv. statistics in football for some situations. There was one the other day that one of those adv. stats nerds made that essentially showed which RBs (on a college team basis) was a product of their O-line or their own ability. Jaunty was a product of his O-line and ability. Tuten was a product of only his own ability. But that's still a really broad adv. statistical assessment, and not the granularity of an actual in-game play for a particular moment.
situational, as in how I explained.
In a given situation, what is the best option for that team given: their offensive scheme and tendencies, the defensive scheme and tendencies, personnel, score, clock, etc. The adv. statistics will tell you, at a general level of the league, whether on average a team should go for it on down and distance. At least, I have not seen granularity in any adv. statistics within football that get to that level of particularity.
But in baseball, there is that level of granularity. Teams are determining how to pitch to each every player, based on pitcher pitch selection and success against similar players, and batter tendencies, using data considering the count, the time through the order, handedness, men on base, etc. For example, the Nationals started doing this last year and had really great success with Sean Doolittle as coach, developing a game plan and translating the adv. statistics to their pitching squad. And they're doing it with "bargain" starting pitching. It's the next moneyball thing in baseball.
Using advanced statistics is much harder in football because there are more options (e.g., many types of offensive schemes), greater variance in those options (executional success of the same play can vary greatly when 11 players need to work in unison), and much less data to work with (only 12-21 games, and data from the year before isn't easily translatable to the next year). So, developing reliable AI models is much, much more difficult. And the reason the adv. statistics in football are so generic.
From Squid Acres Kennel Facebook page, written by Paige's father.
She is listed on the standings in 7th position, but will quickly move back to the front as she leaves Nulato prior to mushers there taking their 24 hour layover and then again at Kaltag. Her main competition here at the moment will be Jessie Holmes. He did two 65ish mile runs from Ruby to Kaltag to do his 24. This was a move Paige was considering and had sent extra food out to Kaltag to do, but with the heat of the day, she felt staying in Galena worked in her favor better. She will be able to get a full run in today before warmer afternoon temperatures arrive. Prior to the move Jessie made to Kaltag, Paige had about a 20 mile lead on him. By doing the two runs to Kaltag, he has removed that lead. If Paige stays in Kaltag and does the same run rest schedule she's been doing they will leave Kaltag at roughly the same time when he comes off his 24.
So it sounds like Jessie ate all the way through Paige's 20 mile lead by doing those 2 long runs.
No. Although it looks like 5 of the 6 have started their 24 hour rest either at Nulato or Kaltag. Not sure what Nic Petit in second place is going to do. He just got to Kaltag about 1-1/2 hours ago.
I have - pretty easy. Tried a few different recipes I found online, all about the same. Use fresh limes, not bottle juice. If the fish is not fresh-fresh you want let it marinate and the acid in the lines "cook" it for a bit longer. First time i used way too much lie and it was pretty sour. I like with mangos, finely sliced habanero and red onion and cilantro. Scallops or shrimp also work well. When it has a "cooked" color and texture you are good to go. My mom has a go to appetizer with scallops and green olives that gets raves.
Fuck the exit fee- leave- like Maryland did, and let the lawyers negotiate a (much lower) fee. Fuck the ACC.
Has anyone in places 1-6 taken their 24 hours?
Perhaps he cares but he just doesn't know how to maneuver.
Maybe he does know how to maneuver, and part of that strategy involves stealth working behind the scenes.
We can dream that he is simultaneously developing a strategy to fund the exit fee while working the phones with Sankey and Pettiti as we speak.
Since it wasn't a sign and trade that's a decent return