Hi Boys and Girls,

Well it’s day two of Iditarod 40.  How are you enjoying the race so far.  The mushers are still pretty close together and moving well down the trail.  Most have finished the “Happy Steps” which is considered one of the toughest parts of the trail.  I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.

Now for today’s update:

DATE: 3/6/2012

TIME: 12:44

LEADERS: 1. Aliy Zerkle,  2. John Baker,  3.  Lance Mackey,  4.  Hugh Neff,  5. Ray Redington

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: The leaders are all in Nikolai along with the next 9 mushers,    , there is a LARGE group traveling between Rohn and Nikolai.  The rest of the mushers are either in Rohn or on their way to Rohn.

WEATHER: The weather in Nikolai is 21 degrees F and mostly cloudy, and in the Rohn area it’s 9 degrees F and clear.

SCRATCHED: No one

Answer to Yesterday’s Question: For the Iditarod sled dog race, Military or 24 hour time is used.  It’s a way to tell immediately if you are talking about am or pm.  For example 8:00 is 8am while 20:00 is 8 pm.  So yesterdays time of 13:30 is really 1:30 pm.  See below for the time conversion chart.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: While we’re talking about time- If it’s 8am in Alaska, do you know what time it is where you live?

FAN QUESTION: Penny asked “can you tell me where to find the kind of “press releases” I used to see two years ago? The kind that tell why teams leave dogs behind and that kind of thing? My class likes to know why the number of dogs changes.”

answer: http://iditarod.com/resources/press-media/

I hope you are enjoying the race.  I sure am.  I’ll have another update for you tomorrow.  Please send me your comments and questions.

Gypsy

24 hour time

1 am    1:00                          1 pm   13:00

2am     2:00                          2 pm   14.00

3 am    3:00                          3 pm   15:00

4 am    4:00                          4 pm   16:00

5 am    5:00                          5 pm   17:00

6 am    6:00                          6 pm   18:00

7am     7:00                          7 pm   19:00

8am    8:00                           8pm     20:00

9 am   9:00                           9pm    21:00

10 am 10:00                       10 pm  22:00

11 am  11:00                      11 pm  23:00

Noon  12:00                        Midnight 0:00