Biography
Russ Bybee, 38, was born in Minnesota. He worked as a welder in construction in Minnesota and spent a summer with Bob Sommers, working as his handler. After that he moved to Alaska with Earl and Natalie Norris.
Since coming to Alaska, he has worked at Underdog Feeds, on an oil rig, and as a welder for the Alaska Railroad. He currently works for APC as a drilling support roustabout.
He started mushing in 1994 and after watching races in Minnesota began to think about someday running the Iditarod.
Russ is married to Jill Veloske. He says his hobbies are hunting and fishing.
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 12:14:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/14 01:00:00 | 14 | 3/14 09:26:00 | 13 | 8h 26m | 180h 46m |  |
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| Willow | 3/14 20:59:00 | 13 | 3/15 05:39:00 | 11 | 8h 40m | 11h 33m | 2.68 | |
|
31 | |
| Yentna | 3/15 11:22:00 | 11 | 3/15 19:06:00 | 11 | 7h 44m | 5h 43m | 2.97 | |
|
17 | |
| Skwentna | 3/15 23:51:00 | 11 | 3/16 07:15:00 | 11 | 7h 24m | 4h 45m | 7.16 | |
|
34 | |
| Finger Lake | 3/16 23:28:00 | 11 | 3/17 06:46:00 | 11 | 7h 18m | 16h 13m | 2.77 | |
|
45 | |
| Rainy Pass | 3/17 13:01:00 | 11 | 3/17 20:29:00 | 10 | 7h 28m | 6h 15m | 4.80 | |
|
30 | |
| Rohn | 3/18 15:19:00 | 10 | 3/18 23:44:00 | 10 | 8h 25m | 18h 50m | 2.55 | |
|
48 | |
| Nikolai | 3/19 05:46:00 | 10 | 3/19 13:29:00 | 10 | 7h 43m | 6h 2m | 15.41 | |
|
93 | |
| McGrath | 3/19 19:00:00 | 10 | 3/20 03:45:00 | 9 | 8h 45m | 5h 31m | 8.70 | |
|
48 | |
| Takotna | 3/20 10:21:00 | 9 | 3/20 10:24:00 | 9 | 0h 3m | 6h 36m | 3.48 | |
|
23 | |
| Ophir | 3/13 01:19:00 | 3/13 09:32:00 | 14 | 8h 13m | -178h -5m | -0.21 | |
38 | |||
| Cripple | 3/12 01:26:00 | 3/12 07:17:00 | 15 | 5h 51m | -33h -6m | -1.81 | |
60 | |||
| Ruby | 3/06 13:20:00 | -138h -57m | -0.81 | 112 | |||||||
| Galena | 3/07 12:00:00 | 16 | 52 | ||||||||
| Nulato | 3/07 16:10:00 | 16 | 3/07 16:35:00 | 15 | 0h 25m | 4h 10m | 12.48 | 52 | |||
| Kaltag | 3/07 23:20:00 | 15 | 15 | 6h 45m | 6.22 | 42 | |||||
| Unalakleet | 3/08 09:18:00 | 15 | 15 | 90 | |||||||
| Shaktoolik | 3/08 18:25:00 | 15 | 3/09 00:22:00 | 15 | 5h 57m | 40 | |||||
| Koyuk | 3/09 04:48:00 | 15 | 3/09 15:03:00 | 15 | 10h 15m | 4h 26m | 13.08 | 58 | |||
| Elim | 3/10 04:59:00 | 15 | 3/10 12:20:00 | 15 | 7h 21m | 13h 56m | 3.44 | 48 | |||
| White Mountain | 3/10 18:50:00 | 15 | 3/11 20:07:00 | 15 | 25h 17m | 6h 30m | 7.08 | |
46 | ||
| Safety | 3/11 22:29:00 | 15 | 3/11 22:32:00 | 15 | 0h 3m | 2h 22m | 23.24 | |
55 | ||
| Nome | 3/20 13:41:40 | 207h 9m | 0.11 | |
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22 | |||||
