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Kelley Griffin

Bib Number: 6
Hometown: Wasilla, Alaska
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Biography

I have been running dogs in some fashion since I was about 10 years old. I am now 53. My family moved to Valdez, Alaska in 1963, about 8 months before the devastating earthquake in 1964. I have called Alaska my home ever since. Through the years I have shoed horses, homesteaded in the Alaska Range, worked on the North Slope, and then settled in the Wasilla area where I built my own house and kennel and met my partner in life, Ed Grube. I got the bug to run long-distance races in the early 90’s and finally ran the Yukon Quest in 2002. I continued to compete in the Yukon Quest, finishing a total of 8 times, placing as high as 5th and earning the Sportsmanship Award and the Challenge of the North Award along the way.
I entered the first of four Iditarods in 2005, then again in 2008 after finishing the Quest – becoming the first woman to ever finish both 1000 mile races in the same year. I ran the Iditarod in 2011 after my best finish in the Quest, and am now the only woman to have run both races in the same season twice.
My fourth Iditarod was in 2012.
I plan to run both the Quest and Iditarod again this year.
This sport is amazing in that we get to work with such amazing athletes that are so passionate about what they do. We also get to experience some of the most incredible country on Earth, and we get to challenge ourselves and our decisions in survival and in competition in ways that many people cannot even imagine.

Sponsors

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Diversified Tire


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 10:11:00 12 0h 11m
Campbell Airstrip 3/05 11:16:00 12 1h 5m
Willow 3/06 14:00:00 16 3/06 14:08:00 16 0h 8m 59
Yentna 3/06 18:26:00 16 3/06 19:03:00 16 0h 37m 4h 18m 10.47 45
Skwentna 3/06 22:19:00 16 3/07 04:17:00 16 5h 58m 3h 16m 10.41 34
Finger Lake 3/07 10:04:00 16 3/07 15:01:00 16 4h 57m 5h 47m 7.78 45
Rainy Pass 3/07 19:31:00 16 3/08 01:54:00 15 6h 23m 4h 30m 6.67 30
Rohn 3/08 08:08:00 15 3/08 16:30:00 15 8h 22m 6h 14m 7.70 48
Nikolai 3/09 05:14:00 15 3/09 11:18:00 15 6h 4m 12h 44m 7.30 93
McGrath 3/09 18:22:00 15 3/10 20:57:00 12 26h 35m 7h 4m 6.79 ✔ 48
Takotna 3/10 23:20:00 12 3/10 23:28:00 12 0h 8m 2h 23m 9.65 ✔ 23
Ophir 3/11 02:20:00 12 3/11 07:29:00 12 5h 9m 2h 52m 13.26 ✔ 38
Iditarod 3/12 00:01:00 12 3/12 07:30:00 11 7h 29m 16h 32m 5.44 ✔ 90
Shageluk 3/12 17:26:00 11 3/13 01:26:00 11 8h 0m 9h 56m 6.54 ✔ ✔ 65
Anvik 3/13 05:57:00 11 3/13 06:14:00 11 0h 17m 4h 31m 5.54 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/13 09:49:00 11 3/13 15:58:00 11 6h 9m 3h 35m 5.02 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/14 06:34:00 11 3/14 07:05:00 10 0h 31m 14h 36m 4.11 ✔ ✔ 60
Kaltag 3/14 19:12:00 10 3/15 03:17:00 10 8h 5m 12h 7m 5.78 ✔ ✔ 70
Unalakleet 3/15 17:21:00 10 3/16 00:31:00 9 7h 10m 14h 4m 6.40 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/16 08:23:00 9 3/16 16:17:00 9 7h 54m 7h 52m 5.08 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/16 22:21:00 9 3/17 03:19:00 9 4h 58m 6h 4m 9.56 ✔ ✔ 58
Elim 3/17 09:47:00 9 3/17 16:32:00 9 6h 45m 6h 28m 7.42 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/17 23:14:00 9 3/18 07:17:00 8 8h 3m 6h 42m 6.87 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/18 14:14:00 8 3/18 14:29:00 8 0h 15m 6h 57m 7.91 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/18 17:43:48 8 3h 14m 6.80 ✔ ✔ 22