Biography
John Barron, 57, was born in Texas. He moved to Alaska where he lived for many years before moving to Montana in 2000. He began mushing in 1978 and became interested in the Iditarod when reading an article in the Iditarod Trail Annual. He ran his first Iditarod in 1978 and is one of the mushers who has run more than twenty Iditarods. He and Kathleen are the parents of three adult sons, Laird, Jason and Will. Both Laird and Jason are Iditarod veterans and Will is a sprint musher. John is a member of the IOFC and says his hobbies and interests are horses, dogs and enjoying the outdoors.
Awards
Sportsmanship — Sponsored by Fred Meyer
2001 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/03 11:08:00 | 10 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/04 12:02:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/04 15:58:00 | 16 | 3/04 19:09:00 | 14 | 3h 11m | 3h 56m | 11.44 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/04 22:12:00 | 14 | 3/04 22:21:00 | 14 | 0h 9m | 3h 3m | 11.15 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/05 09:05:00 | 14 | 3/05 09:07:00 | 14 | 0h 2m | 10h 44m | 4.19 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 12:59:00 | 14 | 3/05 18:45:00 | 13 | 5h 46m | 3h 52m | 7.76 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 23:31:00 | 13 | 3/06 03:46:00 | 12 | 4h 15m | 4h 46m | 10.07 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/06 17:59:00 | 12 | 3/07 00:39:00 | 12 | 6h 40m | 14h 13m | 6.54 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 07:17:00 | 12 | 3/07 07:21:00 | 11 | 0h 4m | 6h 38m | 7.24 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/07 09:28:00 | 11 | 3/08 10:46:00 | 11 | 25h 18m | 2h 7m | 10.87 |  |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/08 13:34:00 | 11 | 3/08 13:36:00 | 11 | 0h 2m | 2h 48m | 13.57 | |
38 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/09 15:10:00 | 11 | 3/10 02:30:00 | 11 | 11h 20m | 25h 34m | 3.52 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/10 15:37:00 | 11 | 3/11 00:22:00 | 10 | 8h 45m | 13h 7m | 4.96 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/11 04:13:00 | 10 | 3/11 09:51:00 | 10 | 5h 38m | 3h 51m | -16.88 | |
|
-65 | |
| Grayling | 3/11 13:00:00 | 10 | 3/12 08:30:00 | 10 | 19h 30m | 3h 9m | 34.29 | |
|
108 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/12 17:10:00 | 10 | 3/13 01:19:00 | 10 | 8h 9m | 8h 40m | 6.92 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 10:01:00 | 10 | 3/13 19:40:00 | 10 | 9h 39m | 8h 42m | 8.05 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/14 09:50:00 | 10 | 3/14 17:58:00 | 9 | 8h 8m | 14h 10m | 6.35 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/15 00:56:00 | 9 | 3/15 07:00:00 | 9 | 6h 4m | 6h 58m | 5.74 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/15 13:08:00 | 9 | 3/15 19:00:00 | 9 | 5h 52m | 6h 8m | 9.46 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/16 03:06:00 | 9 | 3/16 08:42:00 | 9 | 5h 36m | 8h 6m | 5.93 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/16 14:43:00 | 9 | 3/16 23:00:00 | 9 | 8h 17m | 6h 1m | 7.65 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/17 07:07:00 | 9 | 3/17 07:08:00 | 9 | 0h 1m | 8h 7m | 6.78 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/17 09:45:45 | 9 | 2h 37m | 8.41 | |
|
22 | ||||
