For more than two weeks, Tyson Flaharty and Miron Golfman endured cold temperatures, high winds, plenty of bike pushing and a scary sea ice crossing while biking the Iditarod Trail Invitational. Their intentional tie after 16 days, 5 hours and 10 minutes was a...
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Nordic Skiing: Thomas O’Harra and Rosie Frankowski continue their Tour of Anchorage reign
You didn’t have to be an Olympian to make the top five in the Tour of Anchorage women’s race Sunday, but it helped. Three of the top five finishers in the 50-kilometer freestyle race were Olympic cross-country skiers, including four-time Tour champion Rosie...
Biker Nicolas Baudin overtakes skier Chet Fehrmann to win Susitna 100
With excruciatingly soft trails slowing fat bikers at Saturday’s Susitna 100, Nicolas Baudin wasn’t sure he was ever going to catch and pass skier Chet Fehrmann as he floated atop the bounty of snow. “There is nothing more frustrating for a biker to be following a...
Young Fairbanksan Luke Buth claims Frosty Bottom
A 20-year-old from Fairbanks stole the show at the Frosty Bottom bike race on Sunday. Luke Buth, whose family owns and operates Goldstream Sports in Fairbanks, separated himself from a lead pack of four on the final hill up to the Kincaid Chalet to claim the 43-mile...
Tyson Flaharty reps Fairbanks with Fat Bike victory in Idaho
Alaska is the birthplace of fat tire bike racing, so it should come as no surprise that an Alaskan has again excelled at a major Lower 48 event. In his first try, Tyson Flaharty of Fairbanks claimed the 124-mile Fat Pursuit in Island Park, Idaho, winning by more than...
From Homer to Harvard to the Tour de France – welcome to Kristen Faulkner’s world
Two years ago, Kristen Faulkner raced in the virtual Tour de France from her parent’s garage in Homer, overlooking Cook Inlet. This week her view was the Eiffel Tower. The 29-year-old Alaskan is one of six Americans and 144 women from around the world competing in the...
Ana Jager pedals to victory in 2,700-mile Tour Divide, second Alaska woman to win since 2015
This being her first Tour Divide, Anchorage endurance cyclist Ana Jager set a target finish of 20 days in the 2,700-mile mountain bike marathon. She finished a full day earlier than expected. Jager this morning crossed the finish line in 19 days and 54 minutes to...
After 306-mile trek from Knik to McGrath, Iditarod Trail Invitational race ends in rare tie
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is now hogging the headlines — but a hardy band of bikers, skiers and runners have been traversing the trail for more than a week. Fairbanksan Tyson Flaharty and Canadian Ryan Atkins led the way in the 306-mile trek from Knik to...
Anchorage’s Ellie Mitchell makes history at UCI World Cyclocross Championships
Ellie Mitchell made history Sunday as the first Alaskan to compete at the UCI World Cyclocross Championships — and she’ll never forget the experience. “The crowds were insane,” Mitchell said from Grand Junction, Colo., where she attends Colorado Mesa University and...
Cyclist Loan named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Anchorage cyclist Sheryl Loan was named the Alaska Athlete of the Week after she placed third in the Bike for Women to continue her astonishing streak of never finishing outside the overall top three in the race. Loan, who now races in the 60-64 age-group, clocked a...
Cyclocross season sees 245 participants in Anchorage
The pandemic didn’t stop the cyclocross season in Anchorage. A race at Kincaid park on October 17 wrapped up the six-race ArcticCross season, which saw 245 participants complete at least one event. Races were held at Kincaid (two), Mirror Lake, Russian Jack, Service...