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March 8 Tanana 9:50AM Middle of the Pack While our lead competitors—-Wade Marrs and Dallas Seavey—-are halfway to Ruby, the middle of the pack settles into a trail rhythm. These competitors have a different view of the trail and priority. At the round table in the checkpoint community hall, while changing socks, a competitor says …
Nicolas Petit first to Yukon Joe Runyan In an impressive display of raw power, Nicolas Petit took command at the lead into Tanana. Insiders viewing the GPS tracker saw Nicolas work his team to the front, edge past Martin Buser and arrive first at the Yukon with fifteen dogs. The sun in the horizon turned …
While the air temperature turned very cold over night in Nenana, the community welcomed Iditarod in the warmest way. Iditarod Officials and checkpoint coordinator Tyrell Seavey have been working with the mayor of the village and tribal leaders to design the layout and operate the first checkpoint of the 2017 Iditarod Trail. The advanced efforts …
A home school graduate, Laura Neese has been focused on running sled dogs since the age of nine. She fulfilled the literature component of her home school course by reading northern adventure books. Among other great stories of peril and excitement Laura has read Shackelton’s Endurance, Libby Riddle’s Race Across Alaska and Pam Flower’s Alone …
Perfect weather! Perfect Trail! Perfect Day! PERFECT Ceremonial Start! Ask any one of the seventy-four mushers or any one of the thousands of fans and “PERFECT” is what the response would be on all accounts. There were so many things happening up and down 4th Avenue and along the 11-miles of the Ceremonial Start route, …
The big event of the Thursday evening Musher Banquet was drawing for bib numbers. After the mushers sign up at the summer picnic, their names are drawn from a hat to determine the order in which bib numbers will be drawn. Those mushers were in the first draw for bibs 2 through 45. The second …
When you put seventy-two mushers into one room, there’s much reminiscing between friends with the common bond of sleds and dogs. Add to that friends, family and sponsors of the seventy-two mushers and it’s guaranteed the good times get better. Add to that representatives of all the corporations who sponsor the race – Wheel Dog, …
Iditarod on the Launch Pad
2017 Iditarod on the Launch Pad Joe Runyan ’89 Iditarod Champ March 3, 2017 ANC I have to admit it. I’m just an avid Iditarod tourist from New Mexico that packed every vestige of cold weather gear from my mushing days and can hardly wait for the mushers to pull the ice hook and let …
Our 2017 IditaRiders are ready to launch their ride of a lifetime as they take off down Fourth Avenue for the Ceremonial Start on March 4th. You can learn all about them here as you prepare to cheer them on as they hop into the sled behind a team of charging huskies! Keep checking back …
Hello Friends, Dog paws are pretty important for the K9 athlete as noted in the last post. With thousands of steps a day during the race (my musher friend, Pat Moon recently said we take about 180,000 steps a day during the race!) and many miles, our mushers take special care of the pads on …
