Biography
Melanie Gould, 30, was born in Alaska, left the state and spent six years in Colorado as a massage therapist and then came back to live in 1998 because she "wanted to live the Alaskan lifestyle." In 1998, she met her partner, Iditarod veteran, Jerome Longo, who she says "got me into mushing." "I love to travel Alaska with my wonderful dogs. I enjoy the healthy competition and finishing with a healthy happy dog team." Melanie is a massage therapist and a cafe manager. She says her hobbies and special interests are fishing, gardening, building, music and yoga.
2003 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/01 11:39:00 | 7 | |||||||||
| Campbel Airstrip (BLM) | 3/01 12:38:00 | 7 | 0h 59m | ||||||||
| Ruby | 3/03 11:28:00 | 16 | 317 | ||||||||
| Galena | 3/03 16:11:00 | 16 | 3/03 19:00:00 | 16 | 2h 49m | 4h 43m | 11.02 | 52 | |||
| Nulato | 3/04 08:07:00 | 16 | 3/04 09:20:00 | 15 | 1h 13m | 13h 7m | 3.96 | 52 | |||
| Kaltag 1 | 3/04 23:04:00 | 15 | 3/05 06:35:00 | 13 | 7h 31m | 13h 44m | 3.06 | 42 | |||
| Eagle Island 1 | 3/06 03:18:00 | 13 | 3/06 12:23:00 | 13 | 9h 5m | 20h 43m | 3.38 | 70 | |||
| Grayling 1 | 3/06 19:21:00 | 13 | 3/07 20:04:00 | 13 | 24h 43m | 6h 58m | 8.61 |  |
60 | ||
| Anvik | 3/08 01:19:00 | 13 | 3/08 06:07:00 | 13 | 4h 48m | 5h 15m | 3.43 | |
18 | ||
| Grayling 2 | 3/08 09:57:00 | 13 | 3/08 10:01:00 | 13 | 0h 4m | 3h 50m | 4.70 | |
18 | ||
| Eagle Island 2 | 3/09 00:43:00 | 13 | 3/09 08:48:00 | 11 | 8h 5m | 14h 42m | 4.08 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag 2 | 3/09 19:22:00 | 11 | 3/09 19:27:00 | 10 | 0h 5m | 10h 34m | 6.62 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/09 22:05:00 | 10 | 3/09 22:17:00 | 10 | 0h 12m | 2h 38m | 34.18 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 01:11:00 | 10 | 3/10 07:30:00 | 10 | 6h 19m | 2h 54m | 14.48 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/10 20:02:00 | 10 | 3/10 20:15:00 | 10 | 0h 13m | 12h 32m | 3.83 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/11 11:01:00 | 10 | 3/11 17:15:00 | 10 | 6h 14m | 14h 46m | 3.25 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/12 06:25:00 | 10 | 3/12 06:45:00 | 10 | 0h 20m | 13h 10m | 3.49 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/12 15:45:00 | 10 | 3/13 03:20:00 | 10 | 11h 35m | 9h 0m | 6.11 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/13 10:34:00 | 10 | 3/13 14:55:00 | 10 | 4h 21m | 7h 14m | 3.04 | |
|
22 | |
