Biography
Thomas Lesatz, 29, was born in Illinois. He moved to Alaska in 2000 to run dogs and “live the Alaska life style.” He finished the 2007 Iditarod. He and Iditarod veteran, Jessica Hendricks, are kennel partners. Thomas is a wild land fire fighter and says he enjoys hunting and farming.
2007 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 12:03:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Campbell Airstrip (BLM) | 3/03 13:08:00 | 12 | 1h 5m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/04 15:50:00 | 16 | 59 | ||||||||
| Yentna (YENT-na) | 3/04 19:18:00 | 16 | 3/04 19:23:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 3h 28m | 12.98 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/04 22:24:00 | 16 | 3/05 04:45:00 | 15 | 6h 21m | 3h 1m | 11.27 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/05 09:45:00 | 15 | 3/05 14:22:00 | 15 | 4h 37m | 5h 0m | 9.00 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 17:49:00 | 15 | 15 | 3h 27m | 8.70 | 30 | |||||
| Rohn (Rone) | 3/06 12:05:00 | 15 | 3/06 17:47:00 | 15 | 5h 42m | 48 | |||||
| Nikolai (NIK-o-lye) | 3/07 07:31:00 | 15 | 3/07 12:55:00 | 13 | 5h 24m | 13h 44m | 5.83 | 80 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 18:16:00 | 13 | 3/08 19:08:00 | 13 | 24h 52m | 5h 21m | 8.97 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna (Ta-COT-na) | 3/08 22:07:00 | 13 | 3/08 22:16:00 | 12 | 0h 9m | 2h 59m | 6.03 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir (OH-fur) | 3/09 00:46:00 | 12 | 3/09 06:55:00 | 12 | 6h 9m | 2h 30m | 10.00 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod (I-DIT-a-rod) | 3/09 23:56:00 | 12 | 3/10 08:08:00 | 10 | 8h 12m | 17h 1m | 5.29 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk (SHAG-a-luck) | 3/10 17:03:00 | 10 | 3/11 01:03:00 | 10 | 8h 0m | 8h 55m | 7.29 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/11 05:35:00 | 10 | 3/11 05:37:00 | 10 | 0h 2m | 3h 32m | 7.08 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/11 08:22:00 | 10 | 3/11 15:12:00 | 10 | 6h 50m | 2h 45m | 6.55 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/11 22:57:00 | 10 | 3/12 08:47:00 | 10 | 9h 50m | 7h 45m | 7.74 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag (KAL-tag) | 3/12 15:32:00 | 10 | 3/12 22:31:00 | 10 | 6h 59m | 6h 45m | 10.37 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet (YOU-na-la-kleet) | 3/13 14:15:00 | 10 | 3/13 20:10:00 | 10 | 5h 55m | 15h 44m | 5.72 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik (Shak-TOO-lick) | 3/14 02:42:00 | 10 | 3/14 13:00:00 | 8 | 10h 18m | 6h 32m | 6.43 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk (Coy-uk) | 3/14 17:57:00 | 8 | 3/15 00:38:00 | 8 | 6h 41m | 4h 57m | 9.70 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim (EE-lum) | 3/15 06:05:00 | 8 | 3/15 11:23:00 | 8 | 5h 18m | 5h 27m | 8.81 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 17:53:00 | 8 | 3/16 02:10:00 | 8 | 8h 17m | 6h 30m | 7.08 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 09:21:00 | 8 | 3/16 09:30:00 | 7 | 0h 9m | 7h 11m | 7.66 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 12:20:53 | 7 | 2h 50m | 7.76 | |
|
22 | ||||
