Theyre going into the blog, but yes the sneaky folks can find them for a preview and and see how unhinged I look when I’m on-trail! 😂

Sorting through my photos as I write up my #ITIalaska 2026 experience and need to share this “high degree of difficulty” outhouse I stopped to document on the Yentna River. My only photo from that entire morning.

Home 🤍

THIS IS NOW A MAELLA KRAUSE AND KENDALL PARK FAN ACCOUNT! #ITIalaska

It was so chill! Though pokey did knock me over and drag me down the first worst one, but thats par for the course. I wanted to take a video, but I was hyper vigilant all race with my hands so I fear my documentation is very thin this year. Ill have a bit to share but not a ton.

Spot on, i turned around just before it based on their warning!

The entire day, i kept marveling that i skied up every. damn. hill. In this section in 2024. After revisiting it, I have even less of a clue how I did it. Fellow skier Scott Parsinaeau and I were chatting after both scratching today and he told me he kept thinking of my 2024 write up on this leg 😂😂

It…be…hecking…WIMDY. The strongest winds ive ever been out in. What was a half-day trek in 2024 was a full exertion this year!!

This “camp spot” is shell lake lodge, a seasonal resort in the process of being rebuilt. They have guest ‘dry cabins’ with woodstoves and bunks, free for ITI athlete use. A great spot to rest up and dry out if you dont mind being in a 10x10’ cabin with 10 other stinky athletes 😂

😂 it was ONLY -28f!

It was, like, really cold out.

Literal lol

Aww my first pings! 🥰

It was the wiiiiiiiiiiind! On a normal weather day, i would have pushed and made it a looooong day

I was carrying my own inreach. There is no SOS or rescue included with the race. You are your only option!

Hard agree: I dont want to have to put cadaver skin on my frostbite, or BE that cadaver skin for my friends.

Fyi this account is now a Doug Amidon fan account for the next 4 days 🙌🏼 #ITIalaska

#RushtheITI update - safe, warm, disappointed, happy. Never underestimate Alaska. More soon 🤍

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See y’all on the other side ✌️
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Y’all, what should we name her?
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Flame of the West, Forged from the shards of Narsil 🔥

Y’all, what should we name her?
#RushTheITI #ITIalaska

Haha a video I recorded on Saturday! Ironic that I grew up driving on Lake Minnetonka, and now it cant even get ice for a dog race.

The runners and the bikers are all in agreement: the skiers are apparently insane 😂🤪

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Ahem…

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And therefore, finally, a roster. I think I have a shot at a top three women’s ski finish 😂

[there are two woman skiers]

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No worries!! There are many more pressing needs in the world than my expensive hobbies :). Sorry can’t meet up before the race Im social distancing, but Ill ping you after I get back to Anc from the finish!!

Nearly 3 hours of walking and of course the moose were less than 200 yards from home blocking my route 😂🫎

A long, moody walk along Anchorage’s Coastal Trail.

Me too!!

Aww, yay! But this is not the video circulating all over my timeline, which includes different audio and zooms in on the dog. That version is depressing how many people are falling for it. The fact that at least some version is real mildly restores my faith in humanity 😂