The father-son duo are out to carve their own paths along the Iditarod trail, but both are thinking about the other.
, his son — are both looking to accomplish a lifelong dream of running, and finishing, the Iditarod trail.
The father and son duo left Willow Lake about an hour apart on Sunday so they haven’t seen much of each other throughout the race. The two continue to say that they are running their own races but that the other is always on their mind. Bailey added that this is the first time that he has ever gone over 300 miles and has never had to take a 24-hour layover before, so he is curious about how his dogs will respond.
Gregg pulled into the McGrath checkpoint Wednesday night in the moonlight, and while his dogs looked great, he said that he tweaked his back coming down the Happy River steps.
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