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Pure Sole on the Klondike Road Relay
The border, the Senator’s Cup, and the lessons of life learned on the Klondike
By Klas Stolpe
Juneau Independent
A sudden realization hit me as I finished my long-desired Klondike Road Relay as part of Juneau’s Smokin’ Ole Geezers Sept. 12 in Whitehorse: I am the oldest on the team!
I “grew up” running and snowshoeing the mountains in Juneau, idolizing this cast of characters I was now with.
I needed this trip, with climates — both environmental and political — hitting me daily, I needed to laugh.
Did we ever. Long story short, it started with miscommunication that left us scrambling. I was driving when I was supposed to be sleeping, trying to deliver a “fob” to a teammate to “stick” at handoffs.
When the border guard noted I had already crossed the checkpoint once that evening, I deliriously — and with hand gestures that really did not complement the verbiage — explained that we “had the ‘bob’ thingy.”
Somehow he understood the babbling of crazy Americans. And I was impressed. Even more so as I found out how many folks were earning adventures in the race.
Sport Yukon’s Klondike Road Relay race coordinator Ryan Sikkes ran just one race leg in 2016 and then became a race volunteer. He has operated overnight checkpoint four and in 2024 became race coordinator, which he has done each year since.
“Frankly, I am not involved because I love running or because I am particularly athletic,” Sikkes said. “What keeps me coming back is the way this event builds community. It brings together racers and volunteers of all ages and from all walks of life, and gives complete strangers a chance to share an experience and form connections that can last well beyond race weekend. There seem to be fewer opportunities for that kind of connection these days, and it is a real privilege to help create one.”
The 43rd annual Klondike Road Relay offered roughly 2,000 runners that privilege, some for a 10th time to earn the coveted Senator’s Cup.
On Saturday, at midnight, Juneau’s Aaron Morrison had just finished a grueling uphill grind in the race.
“Years ago, I read something in a triathlon magazine that really struck a chord with me,” Morrison said. “It was about a race director addressing the athletes before the start. He asked them to look around at the people gathered there and recognize how fortunate they were simply to be there, healthy and able to participate. There were plenty of people who would give almost anything to be in their position.”
Morrison’s Leg 2 had just earned his admittance to the Senator’s Cup, his name added to a literal trophy alongside those who have covered each leg making up the 110-mile event.
“I have tried to take that message of gratitude to heart,” Morrison said. “Earning the Senator’s Cup requires a lot of looking back and appreciating just how fortunate I have been to have the health, resources, friendships and support that made it possible. There is a lot of gratitude wrapped up in that cup.”
Morrison’s journey began in 2015 when invited to join Juneau’s “CC Striders.” The name honors Cameron Clark, the son of his teammate Zane Clark. Cameron died in a hiking accident on Mount McGinnis.
“That first year, I was one of three rookies joining a team of seven veterans, many of whom already had multiple Senator’s Cups,” Morrison said. “I am not exaggerating about the longevity of this group. When I first met Dave Thompson, he had missed only two Klondikes.”
Morrison’s wife, Tracy, joined the team the following year and will earn her Senator’s Cup in 2027 with Leg 10. Two of their older kids were able to participate in the kids’ division in 2018 and 2019.
“So over the years Klondike has become part of our family story as well,” Aaron Morrison said. “Teams inevitably change through growth and attrition, but I am happy to say that three members of that 2015 team, Zane Clark, Dan Robinson and myself are still out there running strong in 2026.”
Other than the two COVID years when the relay wasn’t held, his 10 legs were completed without interruption.
“Klondike is about doing my best and supporting my teammates so they can do the same,” he said. “I am on a team with a wide range of running abilities, and I really could not care less about where we finish overall. What I do care about is that everyone gets the chance to put down their best effort, and I want to do whatever I can to help make that happen...But the Klondike is also about running through the rain in the middle of the night wondering what the hell I am doing. It is about running across the border ahead of my Leg 3 runner because customs was bogged down and I needed to make sure I was at the exchange on time. It is about sleep deprivation and marveling at how my wife somehow gains energy as she loses sleep. It is about sharing a hotel room with four other men and casually mentioning that I suffer from night terrors. I don’t, but what a great thing to leave four people worrying about as they try to fall asleep.”
The Senator’s Cup is not a rite of passage. Just doing a Klondike Road Relay for the first time covers that ritual. But the Cup does show commitment and all that transitions a person from year to year.
Juneau’s Dirk Miller, 65, did team “Ball and Chain” proud last Saturday as he finished his 14-kilometer Leg 7 run to claim a Senator’s Cup.
More incredibly, he has run the required 10 legs from Skagway to Whitehorse three times in 35 Klondikes. The first Cup earned was in 2005 and teammates Ron Taug, John Kern and Glenn Haight would earn theirs soon after, with Rob Steele, Dan McCrummen and Donna Hahnlen enjoying their foundation of legs as well.
“The first time was important because I had my team behind me — many who were also approaching a Senator’s Cup total,” Miller said. “Nowadays having the chance to complete more Skagway to Whitehorse routes is motivation to keep me racing. It motivated me to go for another and it encouraged teammates to finish theirs.”
Miller knows the Klondike is more than a race.
“It is bonding with teammates, supporting them as they support you,” Miller said. “I am not sure I would have or could have kept running if I did not have the teams I have been with over the years. Another thing I should stress about the Klondike relay is it is such an important tie to our Canadian neighbors. It is an awesome undertaking that two countries put together. Running the race would not be possible without that cooperative effort.”
Brooke Schwarting, 54, did her first Klondike in 2011, the 19.8-km Leg 8. She ran then for team “Balls and Chains.”
“I loved it,” Schwarting said. “I completed three legs in 2011-2013, legs 8, 10 and 4. Then joined the ‘Devil’s Club Divas’ in 2016. Our captain Jeannette Lacey brings together a group of women every year that are supportive, inspiring and funny. This group of women is what keeps me coming back to run. So more than the challenge of the race and the beauty of Alaska and the Yukon, it is the team that means the most to me.”
Schwarting’s final mileage needed this year was the 10.2-kilometer Leg 2 — the shortest, but steepest and most grueling. The uphill climb on the White Pass Summit ends on a gradual downhill. Schwarting flew back from her home in Hawaii for the race.
“A lot of life happens in the 10 or more years that it takes to complete the Senator’s Cup,” Schwarting said. “Kids grow up, new friendships are created, sicknesses are fought, people move. But the Klondike is one event that brings everyone together. The memories created on the Klondike will last a lifetime and the completion of Leg 2, the Senator’s Cup, was one of elation and relief. It was made even more special by getting to hand off the timing chip to Joann Rieselbach then celebrating with Courtney Kreiss — fellow Divas that also finished the Senator’s Cup this year. Devil’s Club Divas got me to the finish line of Leg 2. I have run with the Divas from 2016 to current, missing two years after moving away from Juneau, but I will be back!”
When asked how he achieved the Sentator’s Cup, Juneau’s Peter Metcalfe said, “Blind persistence. I participated beginning in 1990, with a few absences, until injuries put me on the bench until about 2013 when I found simple fixes — pressure socks and better shoes — and got back in the game. Then I learned about the Senator status through my sisters Kim (Metcalfe) and Patrice (Metcalfe Parker), who had achieved that and sibling rivalry compelled me to complete the legs I needed — along with a few done twice or more.”
At age 38 in 1990 was his first race since freshman year in high school. He realized training at sea level didn’t feel good when running at 3,000 feet above it. A miscalculation sent his team car to the finish, but his leg had more miles than he anticipated and he was waterless.
“Soon I was asking strangers, embarrassing,” Metcalfe said. “Made even more so by everyone being so nice. Fortunately Leg 9 ends on a downhill and I crossed the finish line looking like I knew what I was doing.”
His Senator’s Cup came via Leg 6 in 2018 at age 66. Feeling more confident and in better condition, he did a rare thing on his adventures, stopping to take a sip of water and enjoy his quest.
“A young woman jogged over to me with a concerned look and an even more concerned voice,” he said. “She asked, as if talking to a child or an old man if I needed help. Made me wonder. I must have looked like a wreck.”
The “princess” Leg 3 is his favorite. Metcalfe remembers training for a longer outing, but as often happens at Klondike, another runner needed a change and they swapped.
“When you have a support team, you tell them to go ahead two or three miles for a water handoff,” Metcalfe said. “The team calculates the pace you tell them to expect. For some reason, they were sorting something out when I began my run. By the time they got to the two-mile mark I had asked for, I had already passed it because my pace was so much better than I expected on this mostly downhill leg. They waited until they became worried. I think they drove back. All I knew for certain was that I had no support team. They were worried about me, and I was worried they had a flat tire or something worse. Again, I had to beg for water, but this time I did so without embarrassment. On the Klondike, everyone's got your back.”
“If you have a large or extended family, is there a better way to hang together?” Peter Metcalfe said. “All we expected of each other was to complete our individual leg, and self-interest compelled us to be super supportive so we wouldn't have to fight over who would do the right thing.”
Kim Metcalfe, 77, was 70 when running her last Klondike in 2019 as part of team “Metcalfe And Friends.” She and sister Patrice — both ran their first Klondike in 1990 — had earned a Senator’s Cup two years prior, Patrice’s second.
“To me Klondike means fun, family, and an extraordinary accomplishment for a woman who came of age before Title IX,” Kim Metcalfe said. “I was never athletic and started running at 33 when I quit smoking. I ran Leg 1 five times and ran the Klondike 26 times. It was amazing that I could do it. And it was always so much fun. I also ran on a women’s masters team, Crow’s Feet. We even won our category twice.”
Peter Metcalfe suffered a cardiac event during a training run in 2021 and was saved by his sister and another runner.
“I got back in the saddle that summer and was preparing for the Klondike, but it got complicated about getting our team signed up,” Peter Metcalfe said. “In any event, I decided it was foolish for me to continue running. My cardiac meds affect my balance, and after one too many face plants, I stopped running and became a dedicated walker.”
Team “Got The Runs” athlete Jada Kahl, 43, reached her Senator’s Cup in 2024, finishing with the relay’s final 19.3-kilometer Leg 10.
“I have ran all my legs with the same team,” Kahl said. “It took me 10 consecutive years to earn the cup. I even ran 20 weeks pregnant so as to not miss a year. The only year I missed was the COVID year when the race didn’t happen. The Senator’s Cup means a sense of accomplishment to me. I am not the fastest but just pushing to have something to train for. Going on the Klondike is always more about the fun and team camaraderie than the distance of the leg or the speed.”
Kahl is now working on completing all the legs again. In a few years, she will be joined by daughter Cianna Kahl, a freshman on the JDHS cross-country team, who wants to run on a full 10-person adult Klondike team. Youth runners age 10-18 on the day of the race can only run half legs from the Leg 7 start in Carcross through the Leg 10 finish at Whitehorse.
“I continue to participate in the Klondike for the fun atmosphere, the laughs my team has and the wonderful views along the way,” Jada Kahl said. “We have celebrated many events on the Klondike, including doing a bachelorette wedding style when two of our team members were getting married a month later. We have celebrated the expanding families and continue to set themes for each and every year. We make team T-shirts, adding to a collage on the front of special events that happened in the year prior so this year we were chasing paradise.”
Petersburg team “Big Dills” were starting their first Klondike Road Relay path to the Senator’s Cup.
“The Klondike means community and adventure,” team captain Meg Lister, 47, said. “There was something really special about planning many months in advance as it allowed teammates to talk about training progress and encourage each other to stay active all year. There is a fantastic running community in Petersburg. I got a lot of encouragement from veteran runners leading up to the event.”
Lister ran her first Klondike in 2025, Leg 7, as part of team “WTF” (where’s the finish) from Mat-Su. She only knew one other teammate but was hooked, and was proud to be part of the inaugural year for the “Big Dills,” a corporate team from the Petersburg Medical Center.
“The other fun thing is our coworkers got invested and excited for us,” Lister said. “That energy pumped us up before the event. It was cool to represent the organization in kind of a unique way. What I really love about the Klondike is having a purpose for setting a goal and then to have this exciting event to celebrate that goal being accomplished. It is just a really great feeling. The whole team is so excited for next year, we already started talking about legs, goals, and how to improve our game for next year. I think we will be upping our decor and costume game.”
Lister was to run the 14.1-kilometer Leg 1 but a teammate’s injury required a last-minute switch to the 21-kilometer Leg 4. She noted how smoothly the Klondike staff and volunteers handle any situation.
“The event is a well-oiled machine, organized with great communication,” Lister said. “The other thing that stands out is just the buzz of energy in the air. The ‘Gold Diggers’ team high-fived me as I ran by them at 2 a.m. Runners encourage one another, compliment costumes, there is just so much positivity, it is easy to have a really fun time!”
Each Klondike portion entertains and exhausts. Depending on a team’s estimated total race time, the race begins from 6 p.m. to midnight in downtown Skagway.
Leg 1 is 14.1 kilometers (8.8 miles) and leg 2 is 10.2 kilometers (6.3 miles), but they begin up from elevation zero to about 3,450 feet in 14 miles. Leg 3 is 11.2 kilometers (6.9 miles) but runners reach their handoff in the chill of 11 p.m. or early morning depending on the time start. Leg 4 is 21 kilometers (13.04 miles), with steep mountains on one side and small lakes on the other. Leg 5 is 22.2 kilometers (13.8 miles), mostly curving past Tutshi Lake and Leg 6 is 25.3 kilometers (15.8 miles), testing muscles with a quick climb and a gradual uphill.
Most teams hit sunrise starting Leg 7 in Carcross, 14 kilometers (8.7 miles). This is also where options begin for the 40-mile solo, walking teams and youth teams. All are treated to inclines and curves that showcase the Carcross Desert, Spirt Lake and the popular Emerald Lake Viewpoint. Leg 8 is 19.8 kilometers (12.3 miles) over rolling hills; Leg 9 is 17.8 kilometers (11.1 miles) over gentle rolling hills and past Kookatsoon Lake. The final Leg 10 - the glory leg, as prior race finishers line the finish line and announcers boast of your athleticism - is 19.3 kilometers (12 miles) that allow lots of traffic encouragement before turning into double-hilled Miles Canyon. Look over your shoulder as approaching the final sighting of the paddlewheel boat into the finish as strong last-leg teams and youth runners are on the hunt.
Courtney Kreis, 38, has run all her Klondike legs with the “Devil’s Club Divas” and this year earned the Senator’s Cup by finishing Leg 7.
“To me it is a culmination of memories,” Kreis said. “Mostly laughing at my misfortune - and the importance of always pre-gaming your run with two Imodium.”
Kreis first ran the Klondike in 2013 and tackled Leg 10.
“The community of drivers cheering me on while they drove past was incredible,” she said. “It is not just the other teams - it is the whole community that supports you. I had a blast getting big trucks to blow their air horns and they looked so excited to be involved too! So many of the big trucks would fade over to not be so close when they drove by. It is all the little things that make this race incredible. The other teams cheering you on and happy-honking locked me in that very first year.”
For Kreis, the Klondike is more than just the leg, the race or the weekend.
“Our Klondike team is about supporting each other year-round, and supporting each other through life,” Kreis said. “I took a year off to go moose hunting, while others have taken kiddos to college or attended family weddings. Some Divas have moved to sunnier spots and have come back to run for the crazy weekend. We have been there for our Divas through medical and family over the years, and running PRs and ‘O my God, I just want this leg to be over.’ The Klondike is an excuse to get together and have a crazy weekend with little sleep, and already be looking forward to next year on the ferry ride home. Our Klondike team is about having an amazing group of women who fiercely support each other however we are from Iron Man athletes to runners who are aiming for a 15-minute mile pace. I feel like the Divas embodies the wide range that is the Klondike Road Relay from ladies in their 20s to our Ferry Godmother Cheryl (Julson) who is an absolute silver fox. The Klondike is about everyone being humbled by the same pavement and doing the best you can THAT DAY. Shame or guilt have no place at Klondike and always more cowbell.”
Kreis also offered some practical advice.
“If you want to get the Senator’s Cup, make an Excel spreadsheet and plan ahead,” she said. “Be on a team that values being a team more than what your average pace is because in the next 10 years a lot can happen. Do some stretches and warmups that actually do something. Also enjoy having two good knees and that silly cartilage cushion while you are young (laughs).”
Lacey Sanders, 43, has been the captain of team “Running from Juneau” since its inaugural entry in 2013. This year she completed her Senator’s Cup with Leg 3, called the “princess leg” because it is the gentlest of the 10. But even experienced racers note that the Klondike is notoriously difficult and every mile is what you make of it. Leg 3 sits atop the end of the grueling, steep uphill climb of Leg 2, and is mostly downhill, which pushes speed in a descent from White Pass into Canada.
“The KRR is about the team supporting one another and the adventure of the event,” Sanders sad. “Where else can you run through the wilds of Alaska and into Canada with ten of your friends? We may not be the fastest team, but there is so much enthusiasm, encouragement, and enjoyment as a team. The memories last a lifetime.”
Sanders’ Senator’s Cup path mishmash is similar to many, a random order of kilometers earned: 2013 - Leg 6; 2014 - Leg 4; 2015 - Leg 1; 2016 - Leg 10; 2017 - Leg 8; 2018 - Leg 5; 2019 - Leg 9; 2020 - COVID virtual event (ran in Juneau); 2021 - COVID virtual event (ran in Juneau); 2022 - Leg 2; 2023 - Leg 7; 2024 - she was supposed to run Leg 3 but a bus crash cancelled the first 3 legs; 2025 - could not attend/Julia Mesdag co-captained the squad; 2026 - Leg 3.
“My advice would be this: if an opportunity presents itself, just do it,” Sanders said. “It might be scary or difficult, but it is better to take the chance and be unsuccessful than to wonder what could have been sitting on the sidelines. The Senator's Cup is an accomplishment that I can do hard things. And I am excited to take on another round and completing all 10 legs again!”
Adam Weed, 42, finished his first Senator’s Cup this year. The “Running from Juneau” athlete ran Leg 7. That piece of the course sometimes shows the brilliance of Emerald Lake, which is refreshing after a winding hill leading up and past it.
“My original goal was to finish with Leg 3, but due to timing issues my team captain needed 3 this year,” Weed said. “So I did 3 last year and finished this year with a beautiful run by Emerald lake on Leg 7... Finishing up the cup is exciting. I am proud of the ten years of work I put in to get here and am thankful for an event that pushes me to be more active!”
Weed’s first Klondike leg was in 2014. He missed two years due to the COVID cancellations.
“It was Leg 9 and honestly it was not a ton of fun,” Weed said. “I did not really know a lot of my team and I hurt myself during the run. I warmed up to the team and by the end of the trip I already had a spot on the next year's run. I have been with the same team ever since and am very thankful they keep putting up with me year after year. The Klondike has become part of my life. It pushes me to train in the summer and serves as a great transition mentally and physically into the fall. I slow down a bit on the running and focus on other fitness goals for a bit. But it is also about having fun too!"
Weed’s advice for Klondike runners is to “keep coming back. Each year is different and creates new memories that you will cherish for a very long time.”
“Devil’s Club Divas” athlete Joann Rieselbach, 65, also ran her first Klondike in 2014.
“I had just started running in April of that year, and I had never heard of the Klondike until a work friend asked me to join her team,” Rieselbach said. “I ran Leg 9 that year, and was hooked. This year, I ran Leg 3.”
Rieselbach could not run last year due to an accident that involved a 70-pound excited puppy pulling her off balance on an angled slope, causing her to fall. She broke a facial vertebrae, a bone in her hand and suffered massive edema in the cervical spinal cord.
“Although I could breathe, I could not feel anything below my shoulders,” she said. “And could not move my torso or limbs. My husband found me 45 minutes later and because we were in a rural part of San Diego County, it took another 45 minutes for the EMTs to arrive.”
Eight days in the ICU followed, than anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, back to the ICU, then the progressive care unit, inpatient rehab, and months of PT and OT.
Her neurosurgeon said running was out of the picture, as it would take at least 12 months for the bones to heal from the surgery. In addition, the spinal cord edema permanently damaged many nerves. The result is chronic numbness in her feet, hands and legs, and balance issues.
And another challenge loomed. In late September, six months after her spinal cord injury, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a unilateral mastectomy, a follow-up surgery in November, and began chemotherapy in January 2026.
“I am so very grateful that I have been able to resume a lot of pre-accident activities, such as running,” Rieselbach said. “My KRR team captain — Jeannette Lacey, an utterly amazing, one-of-a-kind, supremely supportive, generous soul — encouraged me to rejoin my team for KRR 2026. She told me that the team wanted me to complete the Senator’s Cup, even if I had to walk the entire leg. Talk about incentive! I had my last chemo infusion on June 10.”
Rieselbach grew emotional when asked what the KRR means to her.
“Our team, the ‘Devil’s Club Divas,’ is about togetherness, supporting women, helping them achieve their running goals, and celebrating their achievements,” she said. “This year‘s team age spanned nearly four decades. Our youngest runner is 28, and our oldest is 67. Although we have some individuals who are strong runners, the team overall is not known for speed (haha!). I am one of the slower runners, but at no point did I feel pressure to pick up the pace. I love the Klondike Road Relay. It is so well organized, the route has got to be one of the most scenic in the world, and the host country, Canada, embraces runners from all over the world. Whenever I do this race, I feel connected to nature and my body in a manner that cannot be replicated anywhere else. Being surrounded by my teammates, an incredible group of women who radiate positivity and love, is energizing. Having a stranger from another team call out words of encouragement during my leg reminds me that human kindness does exist. The camaraderie within a team, between teams, and amongst the volunteers and the race as a whole, is like no other."
Among the 207 teams, roughly 30 had Juneau runners listed as their captains. According to information provided by the Klondike Road Relay organizers they include Carl’s Junior Varsity (Anna Cummings), CC Striders (Tracy Morrison), Chi Trippers (Mindy Shaw), Cruising Together (Tess Cannon), Devil’s Club Divas (Jeannette Lacey), Eat and Run (Rachel Smith), Got The Runs (Jada Kahl), Juicy Hustlers (Vanessa Gabel), Kick acidosis (Luke Taintor), Land of the Midnight Run (Kate Fossman), Northern exposure (Ance Kvasnikova), Pavement Pounders (Wynoah Cole), Pink Pony Club (Chelsea Copley), Pirates of the Perineum (Heidi Hall), Poetry in Motion (Lori Crupi), Pterrible Ptarmigans (Hannah Bailey), Rain Dogs (Ben Muse), Roadies (Emily Delaney), Rock Hard Candy (Kim Hollingsworth), Running From Juneau (Lacey Sanders), Running From Responsibility (Taylor Vidic), Smokin’ Ole Geezers (John Bursell), Still Running Out of the Ruins (Don Bremner), Swim Moms (Julia Frost), The Corpulent Corvids in the Rocky Horror Picture Show (Genevieve Gagne-Hawes), The Lost Flock (Genoa Mangusso), The Tenacious Tortoise (Tori Best), Treat Motivated (Bridget Thomson), Weezin’ 4 No Reazin’ (Esther Bower) and White Pass Highballers (Allyson Nannini).
“The Klondike means a place where there is no judgment,” Rieselbach said. “Where everyone knows you are doing your best and supports you at whatever your best looks like. When you finish and can tell yourself, ‘I did it,’ there is a rush of gratitude for the people who helped you make it to the finish. Klondike means being surrounded by strong, caring, fun women who recharge my spirit. When I started running at 53, the Senator’s Cup was a distant dream. Now, it is a reality, despite the COVID years, a spinal cord injury and the resulting disability, and cancer. Klondike means that despite anything that life may throw my way, I have the strength and support network to carry on and make any dream come true. Although I am grateful to the entire Klondike community, I would not have achieved the Senator's Cup without my teammates. They mean the world to me! And a shout-out to my husband, Kurt, who has been a steadfast supporter all these years!”
As of this story, the 2027 Klondike Road Relay is just 357 days away. Just enough time to begin training, planning and dreaming of finishing a 10th leg.
As for me, well, my Swedish math doesn’t make much sense. I have run in the Klondike Road Relay just six times but have 26 legs. The first two times — 1997 Leg 8 with Skagway’s “Hoover’s Sherpas” / 2009 Leg 3 with Juneau’s “To P or Not to P” — were last-second roster additions and I was two very different young men.
In 2014 I petitioned the organizers to run the entire route in remembrance of Juneau running mentor to many, Glenn Frick, who, along with Geoff Roes and John Bursell, peaked my interest in the outdoor wonders of Juneau. And in 2015 I did it again. I am proud of how stupid I was then.
In 2023 I ran the 40-mile from Carcross to Whitehorse as team “No One Fights Alone” and cried at the finish, honoring my brother’s battle with cancer. Here’s a fact: the final portion of the South Klondike Highway, from Skagway to Carcross, was completed in 1978. My brother — James, now 69 and still fighting — was blasting the rock in its construction from 1976 to completion — they estimated it cost at that time a million dollars a mile.
This year I honored my brother with Leg 10 and got to do it with Juneau folks I have admired in the outdoors.
Thank you SOG’s Brian McGuire (L1), John Huffer (L2), Joshua Lewis (L3), Juan Orozco (L4), John Bursell (L5), Brandon Ivanowicz (L6), Alan Gordon (L7), Jesse Stringer (L8) and Steve Ricci (L9).
And thank you to the race organizers, border guards, volunteers and all supporting teams.
Here is to more borders crossed, more Senator’s Cups and more laughs shared along the way.
• Contact Klas Stolpe at sports@juneauindependent.com
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