Joe Runyan
11:30 p.m. Monday, White Mountain, Seavey approaching Fish River, Aliy follows by Joe Runyan
11 30 pm Monday, White Mountain—Seavey approaching Fish River, Aliy follows by Joe Runyan Feels warm to our local checkpoint inhabitants—“Feels warm, like O F” says one as checkers , volunteers, veterinarians gather to greet Dallas Seavey to White Mountain checkpoint. COMMS continuously checks the GPS dots at the Insider to determine location. Meanwhile, …
News FLASH News FLASH 6 p.m. Elim Icecapades—-Seavey camped on ice, Zirkle leaves Elim and on course to intercept by Joe Runyan Departing from Elim airport about 6 p.m., we flew over Elim and viewed Dallas Seavey resting about 20 minutes dog driving outside of town, just hidden by a narrow coastal jut of land. In …
Aliy Zirkle arrived Elim, approximately half hour in arrears of Dallas Seavey, and parked her fast travelling team on a bed of straw, giving them the canine accomodation of royalty. Her intentions are proprietary, but it Appears that her goal is to grab a short nap, give her dogs a nap and a hot meal, and hit the …
Dallas Seavey first in and out at 3 19 PM and leads Iditarod Pack Dallas SEavey, hustling to maintain a fragile lead over Aly Zirkle, arrives at the Elim checkpoint at 3 19 PM under bright skies, the sun intense enough to produce a spring time like warmth. With a big crowd of Elim …
Flash mushers two miles out, I’ll have the story 2PM Elim—Dallas Seavy and Aliy Zirkle locked in step to ELIM—Here’s what we’ll see in the checkpoint by Joe Runyan Bruce Lee, analyst at the Insider, and i flew from Koyuk to Elim, in clear skies in relative calm except for a few local …
Koyuk—Blogging 8 a.m. the checkpoint, There’s an uprising—-Seavey awake, alarm bells for Zirkle by Joe Runyan Our three top mushers in the checkpoint are dodging each other as Seavey prepares to exit (we think after a very welcome five hour rest) at around 8 a.m. Simultaneously, Aaron arranges to have some of his clothes stuck in …
5AM Koyuk, Aliy tests Seavey In a race that remains up for grabs, Aliy coasts into Koyuk 45 some minutes after Dallas Seavey. Discounting difference in strategy since Unalakleet, I see the end result this way: Dallas gained twenty minutes since UNK. That’s it. Aliy is still very much in the game despite the …
3 a.m. Koyuk—-Unusually Calm, lights on the ice, Seavey the Younger approaches Koyuk by Joe Runyan
3 a.m. Koyuk—-Unusually calm, lights on the ice, Seavey the Younger approaches Koyuk by Joe Runyan Flash, Dallas into Koyuk , check out the photos , and a few observations. At the checkpoint, first hand reports from local teenagers give a graphic snapshot of the storm that hit Norton Sound this winter (remember the news …
5 p.m. Shaktoolik—Seavey out of the hills and on the ice, 8 miles from Shaktoolik by Joe Runyan Our GPS experts in COMMS, plus pilot reports have Dallas out of the Blueberry hills and on ice, about 8 miles from Shaktoolik. On the map, it appears that a long spit communicates from the mainland to …
3PM Sunday Shaktoolik—Seavey mushing this way, local information in Shaktoolik by Joe Runyan
3pm Sunday Shaktoolik—Seavey mushing this way, local information on trail to Koyuk by Joe Runyan We arrive Shaktoolik at 2:30PM, about two hours after the departure of Dallas the Younger Seavey, and Aaron Burmeister. According to comm personnel here in the Shaktoolik Armory (always the most regarded sources of information because they have continuous access …
