Steam
Welp– It’s happening. We made it into the Copper Basin 300! It turns out that I shouldn’t have been so nervous about that part, because only 34 teams have signed up this year… So there was not danger of not … Read More
Beta Tracking Test!
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Prep in the City
In Minneapolis, the skies gray over, and the wind blows a little more chill. Greenery still prevails, but I can taste fall; it tastes like a herald to go home. I’ll miss the apple orchards here, the gradient of changing … Read More
Updates and Life: Traveling, Training, and the Start
ATAO has officially been around for a year and some change now. We have a great team ready and raring to go, and we’re excited to be aiming for one of my favorite races, the Copper Basin 300. We have … Read More
The Names of Dogs
We let the dogs out of the truck one by one. They came out of their boxes with energy and grace. In my memory, I see it slow motion, all perfect lines of legs and elongated spines and stretched taut … Read More
On Teaching Dogs to Sit
It turns out that this isn’t about sitting at all– But about shaking. The first dog I ever taught a trick to was our golden retriever Dan. I was in third grade. No one had shown me how to train … Read More
