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Aliy into Unalakleet 1st!
And here Aliy Zirkle is. First into Unalakleet and the Gold Coast Award from Wells Fargo is waiting for her! Here ya go:
March 8 Kaltag 9am—Five on trail UNK—Who can prevail We are sitting in Kaltag, preparing to move our Insider operation to Unalakleet. I tried to gather subjective opinions to provide the reader an overview of the race. Presently, we have five competitors on the trail to Unalakleet, all with the potential to win. Aaron Burmeister, …
Why is all the action at 2AM? Martin Buser, who has all the best reasons in the world to be drowsy at 2am, arrives first into Kaltag with alacrity.
Anybody with a computer and the great tools at the Insider can see that it was shooting stars last night on the Yukon. From the wilderness, Aliy Zirkle exploded out of hiding and hit the Yukon bound for Galena. No doubt, she is going to take her mandatory eight hour break in Galena and look …
Aliy Zirkle takes control of the Race—First into Takotna—declares 24 OK, there it is. A definitive move to the front, backed up with speed, and Aliy announces that she now controls Iditarod 2014. Five minutes before arrival the Takotna checkpoint cleared with checkers assuming their position just up the trail from the community center. Our …
Despite rough trail reports, veteran musher Aliy Zirkle says she’s ready for whatever the trail will throw her way.
7PM Nome Seavey guards lead One can only conclude that everyone in Nome is turning on the GPS tracker and CRASHING the bandwidth at my hotel room directly across from the Iditarod finish. I have to be lucky to even get this article to the Iditarod website. In a twist of fate, I bump into …
13:11 PM Seavey and Aliy to Nome
13:11PM Seavey and Aliy to Nome Here’s what I saw on the ice with departures of front runners Mitch Seavey and Aliy Zirkle. The two are basically in a dead heat with Aliy definitely having the momentum— as her team demonstrated more strength last night. Mitch was determined, brought his dogs to the line and …
11Am Activity in the Front, Zirkle and Mitch prepare for blast off A nerve impulse goes to Mitch and Aliy’s primitive area of the brain, who I imagine have been in a very deep sleep, when the checker gives a “wake up call.” By force of will, they are to their feet. I see Aliy …
4 30 AM, Mitch Seavey in lead to White Mountain Mitch Seavey leads the pack into White Montain with Aliy Zirkle working like a wind mile with her ski poles about two miles behind, according to our Insider camera men. Talking to our guys at the checkpoint, we loosely understood the Mitch Seavey has been …
