Musher information
Attention:
If you are a musher and are in need of a volunteer to help with being a driver or handling etc please contact
Cori at sleddogvolunteer@charter.net
Thanks and see you in February!
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2011 Race Headquarters will open and remain open until Monday morning, February 22, 2010.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2011 Musher registration opens at 9am at the Holiday Inn.
ALL MUSHERS MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO THE MANDATORY MEETINGS Please allow 20 minutes
There will be a 'welcome' gift for you to pick up at headquarters and any additional forms requiring your signature will be on hand.
A musher under the age of 18 will require parental and race official approval.
The MANDATORY MEETINGS are held at the Holiday Inn. The MIDNIGHT RUN meeting is at 4pm (EST), and the UP200 is at 5pm (EST). The meeting room will be posted at headquarters.
The pre-race banquet will be held at the Holiday Inn (Marquette) at 6:30pm. A social hour will be followed by dinner and the bib draw. Mushers are required to be present. All UP200 and MIDNIGHT Run mushers will receive one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets can be purchased in the merchandise room at the Holiday Inn.
There will be a split draw for bib numbers. If there are 40 entries in the UP200, the first 20 will draw numbers 1-20. Bib numbers will be drawn in the order entries were received. The UPSDA board will conduct the bib draw during the musher meetings and will be given to the mushers at the pre race banquet.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2011 The MANDATORY vet check will be held in the Holiday Inn and Riverside Auto parking lots. Rabies must be given by a veterinarian at least two weeks prior to the race.
It is the mushers responsibility to call and reserve a vet check time. Please call Denise at 906-228-7749 (choose 2 to be connected to her office)
The UP200 bag drop and musher brunch will be held at the "Commons" in downtown Marquette, down the hill from the Post Office. ( 10am -1pm ) Our Lead Dog sponsor, The Mining Journal hosts this event.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2011 The MIDNIGHT Run awards meal will be held at Sydney's Restaurant in Munising at 4pm and is open to the public. All MNR mushers receive one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets can be purchased in the merchandise room at the Holiday Inn or at the door.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2011 The UP200 awards breakfast will be at the Holiday Inn at 8am. All UP200 mushers receive one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets can be purchased in the merchandise room at the Holiday Inn.
