Gypsy

March 15 2017 Morning Update

Hi Boys and Girls, Mitch Seavey is the winner of the Iditarod. He arrived into Nome yesterday afternoon at 15:40 AST. He has a new record time of 8 days 3 hours 40 minutes and 13 seconds. Congratulatins to Mitch.         Four more teams have arrived into Nome. Dallas and Nicolas arrived …

THE WINNER IS

Congratulations to Mitch Seavy who arrived into Nome first at 15:40 AST. He completed the race in the record time of 8 days, 3 hours, 40 minutes. He arrived with 11 dogs. The picture is a screen shot and shows Mitch with his two lead dogs Crisp and Pilot. Gypsy

March14, 2017 Evening Update

Hi Boys and Girls, Hope you are having a great day. While we wait for Mitch to come into Nome, I thought we should see how the rest of the teams are doing. Even though we will have a winner soon, don’t forget there are other teams out there. The race isn’t over until the …

Mitch is out of Safety

Hi Boys and Girls, Mitch Seavey had checked in and out of Safety. He left Safety at 13:09 AST. He now has only 22 miles to to go. I predict he will arrive around 15:30 AST. This is so exciting. See you on the trail, Gypsy

Out of White Mountain

Hi Boys and Girls. Mitch Seavey is the first musher to leave White Mountain after taking his 8 hour Mandatory rest there. He has 77 miles to go to reach Nome. There is one checkpoint, Safety, along the way. Safety is 22 miles from Nome. Mitch has an 1 hour 59 minute lead over Dallas …

March 14, 2017

Hi Boys and Girls, Good Morning! The top 3 teams are into White Mountain. That means we could have a winner tonight. Do you think it will be Mitch who’s currently in the lead, or maybe Dallas or Nicolas? I can’t wait to find out.           Who’s In First As of …

March 13, 2017 Evening Update

Hi Boys and Girls, The teams seem to be playing leapfrog down the trail. The lead teams will be into White Mountain soon. There they will take their mandatory 8 hour rest and then on to Nome. So when do you think the winner will reach Nome? I think Wednesday. The big question is “ …

March 13, 2017 Morning Update

Hi Boys and Girls, Good Monday Morning! I heard that many of you are either having or are going to have a snow storm today or tomorrow. Many schools will be closed. So I’m wishing you a happy snow day! I sure have missed the snow since moving to the south. So please make a …

March 12, 2017 Morning Update

Hi Boys and Girls, Good Morning! While we were sleeping, the teams were busy moving down the trail. The top 5 have remained the same but have changed places. Up to Huslia, the checkpoints are further apart and it can take 15+ hours to get from one checkpoint to another. Once the mushers reach Koykuk, …

March 11, 2017 Evening Update

Hi Boys and Girls, The teams are really on the move. It looks like every musher has taken their 24 hour rest but not all of them have taken their first 8 hour rest. Mitch Seavey is leading the pack. He is really on the move right now! The back of the pack are in …