Decisions, decisions . . .

As most of you probably have guessed this year I will not be running the "Last Great Race" I felt that due to the last two years of extreme stress I would take a year off to recuperate and try different things. I still have my dogs and I am excited to let you know that some of them will be running in Iditarod 2012 with my friend Jan Steves. I will also have the opportunity to go up to Willow to help Jan run and train the dogs.
Thank you again to everyone who supported "my dream" of running the Iditarod. We will see what life bring for the 2013 season!!

CNN video and article on my 2011 Iditarod Race

Here is the link to the 1st of 4 videos created by CNN using the footage that I shot on the race . . . Enjoy watching my DREAM come to life!

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2011/05/02/race.lifetime.taggart.part.one.cnn.html#

Here is the link to the article by CNN . . .

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/03/iditarod.angie.taggart/index.html

Some photos from Iditarod 2011

Walking Carmack and Stovepipe up to the gang-line, getting ready for the start in Willow~

Hurry up and wait our turn . . . waiting for the green light to walk the team up to the starting chute in Willow.

One team away from the starting line in Willow . . .

And we are off to NOME!
Finish time into Nome was:
~ 13 days ~1 hour~ 49 minutes ~ 24 seconds~
Finished with 10 happy and healthy dogs:
Chop, Carmack, Stovepipe, Raver, Chip, Allison, Win, Rainy, Tibet and Tango

Relaxing in Hawaii!

Once I return from paradise I will be loading up some videos and photos from the race - so until then ALOHA!

Rohn to Nikolai: long haul!

Angie is currently navigating Rohn to Nikolai, which is a 75 mile stretch. Nikolai is 347 miles from Anchorage. She is in 51st place at the moment and is doing awesome. She has dropped two dogs but it still going strong with 14 dogs. No word as to why she had to drop them. The best place to keep tabs on Angie is the race standings page on Iditarod.com or http://www.iditarod.com/race/race/currentstandings.html for a direct link. There is also a fan page on Facebook that has regular updates: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Angie-Taggart-following-her-dream-Iditarod-2011/108318815904912

Thanks for checking in! Angie is amazing! Mush ON.

Restart in Willow!

Today was an amazing and gorgeous day in Willow for the restart. Angie was totally pumped up and so excited to get out there. She gave lots of thumbs up and smiles along the starting chute.

She's out there tonight making her dream a reality. Go ANGIE!!!! Keep up on Angie at Iditarod.com. She's currently in 35th place and is nearly to her second check point!

Ceremonial Iditarod 2011 start: Amazing!

Angie has asked me to update her blog with some pictures and to let everyone know how much it meant to her to see you all out there cheering her on and showing your support. Thank you!

Angie had a great ceremonial start and is getting to sleep early tonight to get some much needed shut eye before the restart tomorrow in Willow. It's gonna be great!