Biography
James Warren, 61, born in Michigan, is a retired engineer and a Christmas tree farmer in his home state. He says his family has always enjoyed winter sports together and while visiting Tundra Outfitters in Mackinaw City, they took advantage of an Iditarod tour special. The group followed the 2000 Iditarod and after following the race from Anchorage to Nome, Jim says, “I was hooked.” Jim’s wife, Jennifer, son Christopher, 19 and daughter Whitney, 15 also mush. They have 38 Alaskan Huskies, nine of which are puppies they raised. They purchased their first dogs from Jeff King and then added dogs from Linwood Fiedler and Robert Shaw. Jim also has fifteen years of PRO Rally racing on forest roads. However, he feels that dogs are much more friendly than racecars between events. Jim is also a volunteer firefighter and a pilot. This past year, he and Christopher co-authored a book, Following My Father’s Dreams, Journals from a Rookie Iditarod Run.
2004 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/06 12:38:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/14 22:50:00 | 10 | 3/15 10:20:00 | 10 | 11h 30m | 202h 12m |  |
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| Willow | 3/15 17:09:00 | 10 | 3/16 04:15:00 | 10 | 11h 6m | 6h 49m | 4.55 | |
|
31 | |
| Yentna | 3/16 10:45:00 | 10 | 3/16 17:09:00 | 10 | 6h 24m | 6h 30m | 2.62 | |
|
17 | |
| Skwentna | 3/16 21:40:00 | 10 | 3/17 06:33:00 | 10 | 8h 53m | 4h 31m | 7.53 | |
|
34 | |
| Finger Lake | 3/17 22:40:00 | 10 | 3/18 07:30:00 | 10 | 8h 50m | 16h 7m | 2.79 | |
|
45 | |
| Rainy Pass | 3/18 13:10:00 | 10 | 3/18 19:26:00 | 10 | 6h 16m | 5h 40m | 5.29 | |
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30 | |
| Rohn | 3/19 02:16:00 | 10 | 3/19 09:52:00 | 10 | 7h 36m | 6h 50m | 7.02 | |
|
48 | |
| Nikolai | 3/19 16:58:00 | 10 | 3/20 05:14:00 | 10 | 12h 16m | 7h 6m | 13.10 | |
|
93 | |
| McGrath | 3/20 11:40:00 | 10 | 3/20 19:40:00 | 10 | 8h 0m | 6h 26m | 7.46 | |
|
48 | |
| Takotna | 3/21 02:07:00 | 10 | 3/21 02:15:00 | 10 | 0h 8m | 6h 27m | 3.57 | |
|
23 | |
| Ophir | 3/13 17:42:00 | 10 | 3/14 08:30:00 | 10 | 14h 48m | -177h -33m | -0.21 | |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/12 19:39:00 | 3/12 19:54:00 | 10 | 0h 15m | -37h -51m | -1.59 | |
60 | |||
| Ruby | 3/06 13:45:00 | -151h -9m | -0.74 | 112 | |||||||
| Galena | 3/07 12:22:00 | 16 | 52 | ||||||||
| Nulato | 3/07 16:03:00 | 16 | 3/07 16:35:00 | 16 | 0h 32m | 3h 41m | 14.12 | 52 | |||
| Kaltag | 3/07 19:37:00 | 16 | 16 | 3h 2m | 13.85 | 42 | |||||
| Unalakleet | 3/08 10:41:00 | 16 | 3/08 15:33:00 | 16 | 4h 52m | 90 | |||||
| Shaktoolik | 3/08 19:47:00 | 16 | 3/09 06:16:00 | 15 | 10h 29m | 4h 14m | 9.45 | 40 | |||
| Koyuk | 3/09 11:06:00 | 15 | 3/09 16:38:00 | 15 | 5h 32m | 4h 50m | 12.00 | 58 | |||
| Elim | 3/10 10:18:00 | 15 | 3/10 17:26:00 | 13 | 7h 8m | 17h 40m | 2.72 | 48 | |||
| White Mountain | 3/11 00:46:00 | 13 | 3/11 13:25:00 | 13 | 12h 39m | 7h 20m | 6.27 | 46 | |||
| Safety | 3/11 15:57:00 | 13 | 3/12 16:48:00 | 11 | 24h 51m | 2h 32m | 21.71 | |
55 | ||
| Nome | 3/21 05:15:21 | 204h 27m | 0.11 | |
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22 | |||||
