Iditarod
Seeing Double is exactly who they are – together Kristy and Anna Berington own/operate Seeing Double Sled Dog Racing. With their finish this afternoon, Iditarod has 5 women who have finished in the top twenty mushers, actually top seventeen mushers. Kristy made the arch one-minute before Anna. They completed their run from Willow to Nome …
Wade Marrs made Nome early on Thursday March 14th in fourteenth place with an elapsed time of 10 days, 14 hours and 26 minutes. Wade and team really hustled from Safety to Nome. While most teams took between 3 and 4 hours to cover the 22-mile distance, Wade and the nine dogs he had in harness …
Jeff King, one of Iditarod’s four time champions arrived in the chute at 04:07 on Thursday morning March 14th to claim 13th place. This race marks King’s 29th run and his 26th finish. His run to Nome in Iditarod XLVII lasted 10 days, 13 hours and 7 minutes. His average speed was 3.90 miles per hour. King earned his …
A fun story from the trail from a volunteer at the Eagle Island checkpoint – Cooper, one of Sarah Stokey’s dogs, was returned in Eagle Island, and his flight getting back to her handlers was delayed. Last year after the race the volunteers in Eagle Island requested some dog blankets for return dogs, since they …
Linwood Fiedler arrived in Nome at 03:09 on Thursday March 14th in twelfth place. This marks Fiedler’s 25th race and 21st finish. He made the run in 10 days, 12 hours and 9 minutes with an average speed of 3.91 miles per hour. He had 11 very enthusiastic energetic dogs in harness at the Burled Arch. Fiedler summed …
Early in the morning of Thursday, March 14th Diehl mushed down Front Street with nine dogs in harness to claim 11th place in Iditarod XLVII. In seven starts, Richie Diehl has seven finishes with 6th place in 2018 being his highest placing run. Richie made Nome in 10 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes for his second highest …
Aaron Burmeister of Nome was greeted by family and friends at the Burled Arch early on Thursday morning at 00:34. His children, who were really up past their bedtime, stood in the chute shouting, “Hurry up Daddy!” On the other end of Front Street, Aaron might have been saying, “Hurry up Doggies, I want to …
The last two mushers left Unalakleet just after 9am this morning, headed to Shaktoolik! Cindy Gallea and Jeremy Keller are upbeat and ready to cross that finish line in Nome. They headed out into a beautiful sunrise, they’ll have amazing views of the coast from the Blueberry Hills on their way to Shaktoolik this morning. …
Mitch Seavey claimed his seventeenth top-ten finish on Front Street late Wednesday evening. Mitch’s leaders were a little reluctant to cross under the Burled Arch. Maybe they didn’t want the race to end or maybe they were camera shy. Mitch jogged up to guide his leaders under the arch to officially finish with a run …
Blair Braverman, Jeremy Keller, Victoria Hardwicke, and Cindy Gallea all came into Unalakleet with happy teams just before 2am this morning! Their dogs are looking great, and the mushers are still pretty perky themselves – the benefit of traveling with friends on this race, you don’t get as stuck in your head as you do …
