Biography
Matthew Failor is a veteran Iditarod musher, Kuskokwim 300 Champion, and multi-time humanitarian award winner in mid-distance racing.
He and his wife Liz own and operate Alaskan Husky Adventures in Willow, Alaska, where they offer locals and visitors a chance to meet their Iditarod team and experience the joy of dog mushing for themselves.
Their race team name, 17th-Dog, is a tribute to their supporters. For many years, mushers could take 16 dogs on the Iditarod. Family, friends, and fans of the team are symbolically dubbed the 17th-Dog that make it possible to race.
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2014 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 12:01:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 15:50:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/02 19:27:00 | 16 | 3/02 19:30:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 3h 37m | 11.61 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 02:05:00 | 16 | 3/03 02:10:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 6h 35m | 4.56 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 06:42:00 | 16 | 3/03 11:35:00 | 16 | 4h 53m | 4h 32m | 8.82 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 14:50:00 | 16 | 3/03 19:40:00 | 16 | 4h 50m | 3h 15m | 9.23 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/03 23:40:00 | 16 | 3/03 23:56:00 | 16 | 0h 16m | 4h 0m | 8.75 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/04 18:42:00 | 16 | 3/05 01:35:00 | 15 | 6h 53m | 18h 46m | 4.00 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 07:05:00 | 15 | 3/05 07:07:00 | 15 | 0h 2m | 5h 30m | 8.73 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/05 09:26:00 | 15 | 3/06 09:52:00 | 14 | 24h 26m | 2h 19m | 7.77 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/06 12:02:00 | 14 | 3/06 12:07:00 | 14 | 0h 5m | 2h 10m | 10.62 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/07 00:43:00 | 14 | 3/07 00:50:00 | 14 | 0h 7m | 12h 36m | 5.79 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/07 14:15:00 | 14 | 3/07 22:15:00 | 14 | 8h 0m | 13h 25m | 5.22 | |
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70 | |
| Galena | 3/08 04:14:00 | 14 | 3/08 07:51:00 | 14 | 3h 37m | 5h 59m | 8.36 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/08 13:45:00 | 14 | 3/08 17:55:00 | 13 | 4h 10m | 5h 54m | 6.27 | |
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37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/08 22:07:00 | 13 | 3/09 05:00:00 | 12 | 5h 53m | 4h 12m | 11.19 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/09 18:54:00 | 12 | 3/09 18:59:00 | 12 | 0h 5m | 13h 54m | 6.12 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 00:41:00 | 12 | 3/10 06:00:00 | 12 | 5h 19m | 5h 42m | 7.02 | |
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40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/10 13:09:00 | 12 | 3/10 18:09:00 | 11 | 5h 0m | 7h 9m | 6.99 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/10 23:52:00 | 11 | 3/11 08:24:00 | 11 | 8h 32m | 5h 43m | 8.40 | |
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48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/11 14:59:00 | 11 | 3/11 22:59:00 | 11 | 8h 0m | 6h 35m | 6.99 | |
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46 | |
| Safety | 3/12 05:08:00 | 11 | 3/12 05:10:00 | 11 | 0h 2m | 6h 9m | 8.94 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/12 07:42:30 | 11 | 2h 32m | 8.68 | |
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22 | ||||
