Author: Joe Runyan

Nome— March 10— 10:45pm—Turmoil on the Trail—Aliy passes King before Safety In a development that’s pure sports, we are receiving word from the trail  that

March 10 11:43am wht mtn—Front FOUR will break RECORD Jeff King, first into White Mountain and the leader of our race, is on the ice

March 10 Sht Mtn 7:02Am  King leads pack, widens lead, 77 miles from Nome! Jeff King, the 4x Iditarod champ, cruised into White Mountain at

 March 10 Wht Mtn. 6:40 Am  King leads to White Mountain Jeff King, according to the great tracker tool at the Insider, has gradually increased

March 9 White Mountain—10PM—leaders in at 6:00AM??? For the first time I see the creation of a checkpoint.  I arrive on a commercial flight from

March 9 Koyuk—2:07PM—Aliy and King  in Koyuk at 2:07PM Koyuk is a warm, friendly village set on a hillside on the north side of Norton

March 9 1PM —Koyuk—Zirkle leads, King gradually gains Our plane departed UNK about noon in warm weather for destination Koyuk. I debated putting on my

Unk—9am—The race to the front We are in a desultory lull here at the UNK checkpoint waiting for incoming mushers.  So, in the checkpoint we

March 8 UNK—11pm—Seavey and Sorlie into Unk, intend to engage front pack FLASH, the  2x champ Robert Sorlie and 2013 Champ Mitch Seavey have arrived

March 8 unk—9pm—Aliy departs UNK on ice and dirt trail to Shaktoolik Aliy Zirkle, our new race leader, departs Unalakleet at about 8:48pm.  The sky