Hi Boys and Girls,

Time just seems to be slipping away from me today.  Oh yeah, it’s now daylight savings time.  Remember to check your clocks and make sure they are correct.  You don’t want to be late for school tomorrow!

Now for today’s update:

DATE: 3/11/2012

TIME: 12:46

LEADERS: 1. Aily Zirkle,  2. Dallas Seavey, 3.  Aaron Burmeister,  4. John Baker, 5. Mitch Seavey

Aily was first into Unalakleet and won the Wells Fargo Gold Coast Award.  She won a gold cup filled with $2500 in gold nuggets.  The award will be presented to her at the finishers banquet in Nome.

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: The top 8 mushers are all resting in Unalakleet. There are 19 mushers traveling to Unalakleet.  There are 2 mushers in Kaltag, 6 mushers on their way to Kaltag, 7 mushers in Nulato, 7 mushers on their way to Nulato, 6 mushers in Galena, 2 mushers on their way to Galena, 4 mushers in Ruby and 3 mushers on their way to Ruby.

RED LANTERN POSITION; Jan Steves who is between Cripple and Ruby

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Brent Sass is the lead Rookie in 21st place and he is between Kaltag and Unalakleet.

WEATHER: The weather in Unalakleet is -20 degrees F and partly cloudy.  The weather in Kaltag is -14 degree F and fair. In Galena it’s -16 and fair.  It just seems to get colder as the race goes on.

SCRATCHED: None

Answer to This Mornings Question: An hour will be taken off everyone time to make up for the hour lost during daylight savings time.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Soon the mushers will be taking another 8 hour mandatory rest.  Where will that be?

FAN QUESTION: Anna asked if we have facebook.  Zuma does have a facebook page. If you have facebook, be sure to check it out.  Search for “Zuma the Reporter”. Zuma has some great posts there to read.

Now is the time to really start watching the front runners.  Will someone make a move to take over the lead? It’s just so exciting to watch when all the teams are this close.  It’s a close race from first musher to last musher this year.  Write me and tell me who you think will win.  Who do you think will get the Red Lantern award? Most of all enjoy following the race.

Until tomorrow,

Gypsy