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Aliy Zirkle arrived in Unalakleet this morning in first place and she left this afternoon in 3rd place.
10AM UNK Sunday—Zirkle, Seavey the Younger, Burmeister, and Baker to Unk by Joe Runyan If we had our way, cameras would be running constantly to keep the pulse of what is now an extremely tight race—-featuring Aliy Zirkle, first into UNK, Dallas Seavey, 52 minutes in arrears and in appearance capable of closing the gap, …
7AM—Unalakleet—Pensive Fans Peruse Postings—Aliy maintains lead thru night by Joe Runyan Update summary: Linda, who is manning the gps computer and also recording data, is under tremendous pressure to provide second by second info. She withstands the onslaught of questions and reports, according to official times, that the gap between our race leader Aliy …
2 pm Kaltag, Zirkle moves ahead of pack to Unalakleet and the Bering Sea Coast by Joe Runyan
5 PM Kaltag, Saturday Evening—-Seavey, Burmeister, Baker set to challenge Aliy on Portage to Unalakleet Zirkle made attacks from Takotna to Galena, camping obscurely outside checkpoints for 4 hour breaks, and emerged on the Yukon with what seemed like a three hour lead. Others, including Dallas Seavey, Aaron Burmeister, and Jeff King played the math …
6 am Sat March 10—-Zirkle strategy triumphs, She leads pack to Nulato by Joe Runyan While others sleep, the front pack of the Iditarod punched, rolled, counterpunched under a very bright sky, Venus and Mars prominent, at -20f temperatures. When the bell rang after round 1 on the Yukon, we find Aliy Zirkle triumphant as …
Aliy Zirkle was the 4th team into Ruby Friday morning and then she took the lead when she left just minutes later. She is now leading Iditraod 40 as she finds the ice of the Yukon River.
Aliy Zirkle talks about a deal she made with Mitch Seavey and the trail ahead.
Eight hours after the PenAir Spirit of Alaska award was presented, thirty more teams have made their way into the checkpoint of McGrath. John Baker followed Aliy Zirkle by about half an hour. Baker, Zirkle and nearly the entire front half of the field continued right on to Takotna, 18 miles up the trail. It’s …
by Terrie Hanke Aliy Zirkle was the first 2012 musher to reach McGrath. PenAir executive, Danny Seybert, along with a throng of villagers and volunteers awaited her arrival. The evening was mild, at times northern lights drifted across the sky, and at times snow fell. Aliy’s brief stay and the PenAir presentation was illuminated by …
Next to the checker and vet team that would greet Zirkle stood PenAir Excutive, Danny Seybert holding the coveted Spirit Mask that’s presented to the first musher to McGrath. PenAir has presented the award since the mid 90’s. He confirmed that Aliy is the first woman to earn the award. The spirit mask was …
