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Jeff King talks about leading the pack, and seeing Aliy Zirkle’s light not far behind.
March 10 Wht Mtn. 6:40 Am King leads to White Mountain Jeff King, according to the great tracker tool at the Insider, has gradually increased his lead through the night over Aliy Zirkle and is on the Golovin Bay ice heading to our location in White Mountain. The trail on the ice is flat, featureless, …
We expect the winning musher crossing under the arch around 10:15p March 12 (AKDT). Click here to find out how to see it!
Hi Boys and Girls, Jeff King arrived into Elim 20 seconds before Aliy Zirkle. This race is really heating up! By all predictions, we should have a winner early tomorrow morning. Can you believe that? Just remember that even when we have a winner, the race is not over. There are 40+ mushers that will …
Koyuk is a busy place. The most current team to arrive was Aaron Burmeister. It had been a long run for him, with only resting less than 2 hrs in Shaktoolik. Conditions start to get worse out there, as the wind has been picking up. Now combine that with all the glare ice out there. …
Tracker is on a large screen TV in the checkpoint but none-the-less people chose to wait outside to welcome Aliy Zirkle as the first musher into Unalakleet. There were roughly 200 spectators down on the slough to welcome Aliy. perhaps the next Iditarod champion and the first woman since Susan Butcher won in 1990. Go …
There are always dogs that are eye catching dogs and Olivia is one of them. She’s seven years old and has icy blue eyes, an orange mask and a very athletic build. Olivia runs for Aliy Zirkle in Team positions just ahead of the wheel dogs. Olivia’s team just made the coast where they were …
Wow, what a run Dallas has done since Kaltag. He has really put on the heat. Just looking at these numbers is amazing. He left Kaltag at 12.56 p.m. in 13th place. Aliy Zirkle the current race leader left Kaltag at 3.18 a.m. He was almost 10 HOURS off pace at that point in the …
Jeff King comes hot on the heels of Aliy Zirkle into the Koyuk checkpoint.
Hi Boys and Girls, Last night we set our clocks ahead 1 hour. That means we lost an hour of sleep. This happens every March. It’s called Daylight savings time. What does this mean for our teams on the trail? Well if you have been watching the statistics today, you may have seen a “*” …
