Been doing 4 dog - 5 Kilometer runs prepping for our first race,   a sprint event to introduce all of us to the environment of the race chute,  crowds, large numbers of other dogs, etc.

  If my mapping and timing  of 5 K run is correct.   we are way off the mark as far as speed.
  These are not sprinting dogs, but 5 K we ought to be able to run 4 adults dogs at better then today's times bit warmer with  25 F overcast,  packed trail most with 1  inch at least of snowmobile ground sugar snow  surface sled pulled clean enough..
  Baffled about the speed...
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Signed up to run 2 four dog teams, one in pro class and one in the sport class.. so  we get 8 dogs exposed to there first race.. Shelly was told we would most likely get sent out early in the pro class to have time to get back and run later in the order in the sport class... Perhaps as we get passed by the pros at 18 mph the team will gain some chase motivation.