Biography
Born in Russia on January 10, 1964, Anna Bondarenko is participating in her second Iditarod. Anna is a graduate of the Music Conservatory in Saratov, Russia and is known to sing to her dogs as they move along the trail. She has a Master’s Degree in Special and Regular Education and has been employed for the past 3 years as a Special Education Teacher.
In 1999, Anna saw a quote in the March 20th edition of the Anchorage Daily News, that inspired her to run the Iditarod. She finished the 2000 Iditarod in 53rd position.
2004 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/06 10:13:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/13 01:46:00 | 14 | 3/13 08:45:00 | 14 | 6h 59m | 159h 33m |  |
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| Willow | 3/13 16:48:00 | 14 | 3/14 01:38:00 | 14 | 8h 50m | 8h 3m | 3.85 | |
|
31 | |
| Yentna | 3/14 08:03:00 | 14 | 3/14 09:30:00 | 14 | 1h 27m | 6h 25m | 2.65 | |
|
17 | |
| Skwentna | 3/14 20:02:00 | 14 | 3/15 05:30:00 | 10 | 9h 28m | 10h 32m | 3.23 | |
|
34 | |
| Finger Lake | 3/15 19:25:00 | 10 | 3/16 00:58:00 | 10 | 5h 33m | 13h 55m | 3.23 | |
|
45 | |
| Rainy Pass | 3/16 07:03:00 | 10 | 3/16 11:03:00 | 10 | 4h 0m | 6h 5m | 4.93 | |
|
30 | |
| Rohn | 3/17 02:00:00 | 10 | 14h 57m | 3.21 | |
|
Scratched | 48 | |||
| Ophir | 3/11 13:22:00 | 15 | 3/12 16:07:00 | 14 | 26h 45m | |
202 | ||||
| Cripple | 3/10 12:43:00 | 3/10 18:54:00 | 15 | 6h 11m | -52h -24m | -1.15 | 60 | ||||
| Ruby | 3/06 11:22:00 | -104h -32m | -1.07 | 112 | |||||||
| Galena | 3/07 10:10:00 | 16 | 52 | ||||||||
| Nulato | 3/07 13:23:00 | 16 | 3/07 13:30:00 | 16 | 0h 7m | 3h 13m | 16.17 | 52 | |||
| Kaltag | 3/07 18:34:00 | 16 | 3/07 18:40:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 5h 4m | 8.29 | 42 | |||
| Unalakleet | 3/08 06:05:00 | 16 | 3/08 06:05:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 11h 25m | 7.88 | 90 | |||
| Shaktoolik | 3/08 09:33:00 | 16 | 3/08 09:46:00 | 16 | 0h 13m | 3h 28m | 11.54 | 40 | |||
| Koyuk | 3/08 19:43:00 | 16 | 3/08 21:01:00 | 15 | 1h 18m | 9h 57m | 5.83 | 58 | |||
| Elim | 3/09 10:50:00 | 15 | 3/09 18:38:00 | 15 | 7h 48m | 13h 49m | 3.47 | 48 | |||
| White Mountain | 3/10 00:25:00 | 15 | 15 | 5h 47m | 7.95 | 46 | |||||
| Safety | 3/10 08:49:00 | 15 | 3/10 09:01:00 | 15 | 0h 12m | 55 | |||||
