Hi Boys and Girls, WOW! Has Nome ever been busy. 23 mushers have arrived in about 23 hours. Look at their times and see how close some of them were. This is was we call a race within a race. Congratulations to all the teams who have finished the race. Remember there’s still 40 teams …
Hi Boys and Girls, We have a winner! Congratulations to Dallas Seavey. Remember the race is not over. Most of the teams are still out on the trail working their way to Nome. It’s still a very exciting race with many teams due into Nome today. I can’t wait to watch all the teams cross …
Dallas Seavey crossed the finish line in Nome at 2:20am Alaska Time this morning in record time. He finished the 2016 Iditarod in 8 days 11 hours 20 minutes and 16 seconds. This is Dallas’ 4th win. Congratulations to Dallas and his team!!! Dallas – the 2016 Iditarod Champion.
Hey Boys and Girls. Dallas Seavey, Mitch Seavey, and Brent Sass are in White Mountain taking their 8-hour mandatory rest. They will be able to leave this evening. It is only 77 miles to Nome from White Mountain. They should all be in Nome tomorrow morning. Who’s going to get there first???? Stay tuned to …
Hi Boys and Girls, Happy Monday! Hope everyone set there clocks ahead this weekend and got to school on time. The teams have been very busy. Where is your favorite musher? It’s time to start thinking about the teams arriving into Nome. Who do you think will get there first? When do you think the …
Hi Boys and Girls, I use to run on a recreational team. Our team often shared the trail with snowmobiles. The first time was a little scary because they were big and loud and passed by us fairly close. Almost all the snowmobilers were friendly. They slowed down, they waved, they thought what we were …
Hi Boys and Girls, Did you remember about Daylight Savings time? Clocks should have been set ahead 1 hour last night. Don’t worry, all of the teams overall times have been adjusted for the time change. What a Saturday it was on the trail. Jeff and Aliy are back on the trail after being attacked …
Hi Boys and Girls, This morning outside of the checkpoint of Nulato, both Aliy Zirkle and Jeff Kings teams were intentionally hit by a snowmobiler. Here is the official press release: http://d3r6t1k4mqz5i.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/3.12.16_Iditarod_ZirkleKingandteamspurposefullyhitbysnowmachiner-FINAL.pdf?f4b8d7 Jeff and Aliy have both decided to continue the race. A suspect has been identified. Let’s send good thoughts to both teams. I …
Hi Boys and Girls, This is really an exciting race. Who’s in the lead? Jeff? Brent? Aily? Brent?. It’s like watching a ping pong ball go back and forth. The top mushers are very close together. This is where all their preplanning and strategy will come into play. Do you want to make a guess …
Hi Boys and Girls, It’s Friday!!! While most of us will get to relax the next 2 days, the mushers will still be hard at work getting their teams down the trail. The teams are moving nicely down the trail. Most of the 24 hours rests are completed. Did you see any changes in the …
