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2005 Iditarod » Mushers » Bill Steyer

Bill Steyer

Bib Number: 39
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska


Biography

Bill Steyer was born in Pennsylvania on March 24, 1958. He attended the University of Washington with a B.A. in Enviromental Studies. He worked for the U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency for five years and moved to Fairbanks Alaska in 1994.

Bill has ran the Yukon Quest several times, finishing 5th in 2003; 6th in 2001 and 20th in 1998. He has also ran the Copper Basin (2003) finishing in 6th place and in 2004 he completed the Tuskemena 200 in 8th place.

Bill says, \”My family and I have lived in Fairbanks for ten years where we operate the Cool Runnings Race Team. Long distance racing events have always been intriging to me. I have competed in four Yukon Quests, many marathons and several triathlons. I have always anticipated competing in the Iditarod.

I have a very young team now and look forward to exposing them to the challanges of this race. I also look forward to meeting some new friends on the trail and seeing a different part of Alaska.\”

Bill is married to Judy and they have two children, Ben, 16 and Saanti, 12

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2005 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/05 10:00:00 12 3/05 11:23:00 12 1h 23m
Campbell Airstrip 3/05 12:29:00 12 1h 6m
Willow 3/06 14:00:00 16 3/06 15:14:00 16 1h 14m 59
Yentna 3/06 19:05:00 16 3/06 19:17:00 16 0h 12m 3h 51m 11.69 45
Skwentna 3/07 03:11:00 16 3/07 03:16:00 16 0h 5m 7h 54m 4.30 34
Finger Lake 3/07 14:03:00 16 3/07 14:06:00 16 0h 3m 10h 47m 4.17 45
Rainy Pass 3/07 17:58:00 16 3/08 01:00:00 16 7h 2m 3h 52m 7.76 30
Rohn 3/08 05:59:00 16 3/08 13:47:00 15 7h 48m 4h 59m 9.63 48
Nikolai 3/09 04:43:00 15 3/09 11:45:00 14 7h 2m 14h 56m 6.23 93
McGrath 3/09 18:13:00 14 3/10 19:36:00 13 25h 23m 6h 28m 7.42 ✔ 48
Takotna 3/10 21:41:00 13 3/10 21:50:00 13 0h 9m 2h 5m 11.04 ✔ 23
Ophir 3/11 00:20:00 13 3/11 05:39:00 13 5h 19m 2h 30m 15.20 ✔ 38
Iditarod 3/11 23:40:00 13 3/12 06:58:00 13 7h 18m 18h 1m 5.00 ✔ 90
Shageluk 3/12 22:01:00 13 3/12 22:12:00 13 0h 11m 15h 3m 4.32 ✔ 65
Anvik 3/13 02:35:00 13 3/13 10:44:00 12 8h 9m 4h 23m 5.70 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/13 13:58:00 12 3/13 18:38:00 11 4h 40m 3h 14m 5.57 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/14 10:09:00 11 3/14 10:28:00 11 0h 19m 15h 31m 3.87 ✔ ✔ 60
Kaltag 3/14 23:18:00 11 3/15 06:41:00 11 7h 23m 12h 50m 5.45 ✔ ✔ 70
Unalakleet 3/15 22:28:00 11 3/16 06:05:00 10 7h 37m 15h 47m 5.70 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/16 12:40:00 10 3/16 18:50:00 10 6h 10m 6h 35m 6.08 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/17 00:56:00 10 3/17 07:00:00 10 6h 4m 6h 6m 9.51 ✔ ✔ 58
Elim 3/17 13:05:00 10 3/17 18:50:00 10 5h 45m 6h 5m 7.89 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/18 01:11:00 10 3/18 09:13:00 10 8h 2m 6h 21m 7.24 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/18 16:03:00 10 3/18 16:05:00 9 0h 2m 6h 50m 8.05 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/18 19:00:12 9 2h 55m 7.54 ✔ ✔ 22