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Looking at the race from Unalakleet on Monday morning, nothing is set in stone but the guys directly behind Mitch Seavey aren’t focusing on catching him (if you can believe that). If you’ve watched some of the Insider video posted just recently, you’ve heard their thoughts. Dallas Seavey and Joar Leifseth Ulsom were at the …
The scene in Unalakleet has changed over the past hour. While Mitch came and went from Unalakleet his closest competitors rested. Dallas stayed for 3 hours and 51 minutes. He left with 12 dogs. He and his Dad are even in the dog power department. Joar Leifseth Ulsom arrived in UNK at 20:38, dropped two …
Teams poured into Unalakleet behind Wade Marrs. Nicolas Petit was three minutes behind, Mitch Seavey followed 15 minutes later and the last of the quartet was Dallas Seavey in at 16:45. This is a race folks and don’t count out any of the teams that are soon to close in on the Unalakleet checkpoint. Of …
March 12 10:24 am Kaltag A summary for the very busy Person Joe Runyan MItch Seavery, now at mile 687 is just 31 miles from the BEring sea community of Unalakleet and is leading the Iditarod. For brevity, since this is a summary for the VERY BUSY PERSON who is often heard to say, …
People in Unalakleet are looking to see Mitch Seavey arrive early this afternoon. Dallas Seavey is close behind by just five miles followed by Wade Marrs, Nicolas Petit and Joar Leifseth Ulsom. Mitch departed Kaltag at 04:40 followed by Dallas at 04:45. Wade left at 05:28, Nicolas at 06:35 and Joar at 06:50. Clearly we …
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, …
How do you encourage others to keep going even when the going is tough? How do you encourage others and let them know you are rooting for them to do well or finish strong? The children of Huslia made signs and posted them on the inbound and outbound trails of the village to let the …
Want to share a few more stories from Huslia. Soon I’ll be moving with the race down the trail. The people of this community have embraced the race and welcomed the volunteers and mushers with open arms, open hearts and open minds. Village people have been the checkers. They greet the mushers and record the …
March 11 8:29am Huslia Wade Marrs leads pack Insiders can read the stats and follow the very diagnostic GPS tracker to come to my same conclusion. Wade Marrs is leading the pack into Koyukuk and resisting the attacks of Dallas and Mitch Seavey. Other luminaries in the mushing world including Aliy Zirkle are …
Huslia was ready and waiting on Thursday evening for the first team to arrive. Community members and volunteers had been working for some time to organize the checkpoint and establish communication for Iditarod Communications as well as Iditarod Insider. Then at 20:18 on March 9th Mitch Seavey arrived. He was welcomed by a large crowd …
