The Ceremonial Start 2017—-AK. Gov Bill Walker and Senator Lisa Murkowski at the Start Line. Walker rides the runners with Team Baker Joe Runyan Attended by state leaders Senator Murkowski and Governor Walker, Iditarod 2017 officially began this morning at 10 AM. Mushers are obligated to appear on 4th Avenue with 12 dogs (of their …
Iditarod on the Launch Pad
2017 Iditarod on the Launch Pad Joe Runyan ’89 Iditarod Champ March 3, 2017 ANC I have to admit it. I’m just an avid Iditarod tourist from New Mexico that packed every vestige of cold weather gear from my mushing days and can hardly wait for the mushers to pull the ice hook and let …
MARCH 14 7PM—Don’t try this at home, the pack almost into Nome Snow has been falling today, glueing to ice with a two inch cushion. Even pedestrians in Nome are benefiting as they can now navigate glazed walkways and one can imagine the relief of our last seven mushers filing off the trail into Nome. …
MARCH 13 Nome-2pm—36 mushers into Nome With 36 mushers into Nome, and only 13 left on the Iditarod trail, the scene in Nome is something like a big mixer for mushing fanatics. Friends of the musher, handlers, family walk about the Iditarod headquarters, venture over to the finish line to watch a mushing colleague finish, …
March 12 Wed Nome—8pm—what if I were a musher? What if I were a musher? On the spot, just for the mental exercise, I decided to summarize all the very cool innovations and ideas I noticed on this year’s race. For starters, I love a combination of Aaron Burmeisters very articulated theory of scheduling in …
March 12 Nome 1PM—Wind slacks off, mushers stream into Nome Wednesday in Nome, first light after 8am, giving one a feeling that the long shadow of winter is still with us. Musher after musher streams into Nome greeted by family and friends. Interviews at our Insider site document each musher’s grand odyssey. I asked Terry …
MARCH 11 Nome 12:20 PM Mushers follow lead pack into Nome—Winds at Solomon Blow Hole Reality is not standing still in Nome, with winds reported 45 and gusting 55 in blow holes along the coast, and mushers continuing to march towards the finish line. Sonny Lindner just crossed the finish line as I write in …
March 11 Nome 2:18 am Seavey and Zirkle within a mile What began as victory lap yesterday afternoon at 3PM for Jeff King has now become a neck and neck battle between 1xchamp Dallas Seavey and Aliy Zirkle, second in 2012 and 2013. A brief summary of events to describe the evening: Jeff King and …
March 11 Nome King scratches, winds increase to 65 Our best credible information from Safetycheckpoint indicates Jeff King scratches. Wind increases to 65 knots and Aliy Zirkle presently remains at the Safety checkpoint. Readers can refer to the Iditarod official press release. According to our tracker, Dallas Seavey is advancing to Safety and is within …
March 10 Nome 11:20 More info from the trail Another call give us more insight to developments on the trail. King, we are told, was apparently moving in strong winds, when a gust blew sled and team off the trail into driftwood. King was there to untangle the team, and did in fact got them …
