Biography
Tim Osmar, 42, was born and raised on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. For the last 35 years, he's been a commercial fisherman and dog musher. He began mushing in 1979 when he was 12 years old and became interested in running the Iditarod by watching the Race. He ran the Jr. Iditarod four times and won it three times. He is also a Yukon Quest winner. He is a member of the P.R.I.D.E. and KPFA. In 2009, Tim will be running again with Rachael Scdoris. He and his wife, Tawny, have four children, Nicole, 20, David 18, Daniel, 15, and Merissa, 13. Tim says he has no time for hobbies.
Sponsors
Sheraton Hotel-Anchorage | Soldotna Animal Hospital |
2009 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/07 12:03:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/08 15:50:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/08 20:06:00 | 16 | 3/08 20:14:00 | 16 | 0h 8m | 4h 16m | 15.47 | 66 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/09 02:41:00 | 16 | 3/09 08:14:00 | 16 | 5h 33m | 6h 27m | 5.27 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/09 13:29:00 | 16 | 3/09 19:03:00 | 16 | 5h 34m | 5h 15m | 8.57 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/09 23:16:00 | 16 | 3/10 09:36:00 | 16 | 10h 20m | 4h 13m | 7.11 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/10 13:51:00 | 16 | 3/10 18:37:00 | 16 | 4h 46m | 4h 15m | 11.29 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/11 09:11:00 | 16 | 3/11 17:20:00 | 15 | 8h 9m | 14h 34m | 5.15 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/11 23:52:00 | 15 | 3/13 00:23:00 | 15 | 24h 31m | 6h 32m | 8.27 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/13 03:07:00 | 15 | 3/13 03:25:00 | 14 | 0h 18m | 2h 44m | 6.59 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/13 06:12:00 | 14 | 3/13 13:02:00 | 14 | 6h 50m | 2h 47m | 8.98 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/14 06:45:00 | 14 | 3/14 17:07:00 | 14 | 10h 22m | 17h 43m | 5.08 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/15 00:32:00 | 14 | 3/15 09:27:00 | 13 | 8h 55m | 7h 25m | 8.76 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/15 12:35:00 | 13 | 3/15 12:40:00 | 13 | 0h 5m | 3h 8m | 7.98 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/15 15:27:00 | 13 | 3/16 11:35:00 | 13 | 20h 8m | 2h 47m | 6.47 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/17 16:30:00 | 13 | 3/18 08:22:00 | 13 | 15h 52m | 28h 55m | 2.07 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/18 20:15:00 | 13 | 3/19 05:27:00 | 13 | 9h 12m | 11h 53m | 5.89 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/19 21:55:00 | 13 | 3/20 06:10:00 | 13 | 8h 15m | 16h 28m | 5.47 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/20 11:55:00 | 13 | 3/20 18:30:00 | 13 | 6h 35m | 5h 45m | 6.96 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/21 01:05:00 | 13 | 3/21 08:57:00 | 13 | 7h 52m | 6h 35m | 8.81 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/21 16:24:00 | 13 | 3/21 22:40:00 | 13 | 6h 16m | 7h 27m | 6.44 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/22 06:10:00 | 13 | 3/22 14:44:00 | 13 | 8h 34m | 7h 30m | 6.13 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/22 21:37:00 | 13 | 3/22 21:44:00 | 13 | 0h 7m | 6h 53m | 7.99 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/23 01:09:00 | 13 | 3h 25m | 6.44 | |
|
22 | ||||
