About Erin McLaren...
My husband, Paul and I run Broken Runner Sled Dog Kennel in Willow,
Alaska. Our kennel consists of 51 Alaskan Huskies ranging in age
from 6 months to 14 years old. Two of our Alaskan Huskies, Kayla
and Mattie-Su live inside and our 52nd dog is –Olive Oil -
a 9 year old mini-doxie cross. Mattie-Su is a midget Alaskan Husky
and she thinks she is the boss of everyone! We have a two cats too
– Singe and Izzy!
I moved to Alaska in 1993 from Connersville, Indiana
to attend Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka. I graduated in 1995
with a B.S. in Fisheries Science.
In order to care
for our 52 dogs and 2 cats I presently work for Powercorp Alaska,
LLC, a power controls / power electronics / renewables integration
company from Australia as their General Manager.
Thirteen years ago, I made the mistake
of taking my mom mushing for a Christmas present and have been
hooked ever since.
This will be my sixth Serum Run. Each year the run is totally
different even though the trail is the same. The group of people
we travel with definitely defines the trip. I have made this trip
with the flu, broken runners, leaders who’ve mutinied, I’ve
been knocked off my sled by a tripod marker while traveling through
the Topkok Mountains and by the end of one Serum Run I had caught
a nasty bacteria. So, if I keep coming back year after year this
expedition must be worth it and it is!
If you’d like to follow me and my 12 Alaskan Huskies, you
can e-mail or keep track
of us at www.brokenrunnerkennel.com
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