Biography
Phil Morgan, 44, was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and received a Bachelors of Science in Airline Management. He is currently employed by Alaska Airlines as a captain on the 737-200 aircraft. Phil has been an Iditarod Air Force volunteer since 1995. He also participated in the Iron Dog in 1998 in the recreational class. He has seen the trail from two aspects and now wants to experience it from the back with a pack of dogs. He will be training under the watchful eye of Andy and Sylvia Willis. Phil enjoys traveling, showing off this great state to out of town guests in his 185, gardening, landscaping and fitting the occasional hunting and fishing trip. Phil is excited about running the race this year and hopes to see lots of friends and family along the trail to Nome.
Awards
Red Lantern — Sponsored by Wells Fargo
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 10:17:00 | 12 | 0h 17m | ||||||
| Campbell Airstrip | 3/05 11:25:00 | 12 | 1h 8m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/06 14:00:00 | 16 | 3/06 14:14:00 | 16 | 0h 14m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/06 18:02:00 | 16 | 3/06 18:06:00 | 16 | 0h 4m | 3h 48m | 11.84 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/06 21:27:00 | 16 | 3/07 04:30:00 | 16 | 7h 3m | 3h 21m | 10.15 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 10:29:00 | 16 | 3/07 17:03:00 | 16 | 6h 34m | 5h 59m | 7.52 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 21:38:00 | 16 | 3/08 03:57:00 | 15 | 6h 19m | 4h 35m | 6.55 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/08 12:39:00 | 15 | 3/08 21:23:00 | 15 | 8h 44m | 8h 42m | 5.52 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/09 17:46:00 | 15 | 3/10 03:35:00 | 15 | 9h 49m | 20h 23m | 4.56 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/10 11:37:00 | 15 | 3/11 14:32:00 | 14 | 26h 55m | 8h 2m | 5.98 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/11 17:00:00 | 14 | 3/11 17:03:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 2h 28m | 9.32 | |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/11 20:57:00 | 14 | 3/12 04:15:00 | 14 | 7h 18m | 3h 54m | 9.74 | |
38 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/13 01:58:00 | 14 | 3/13 11:45:00 | 12 | 9h 47m | 21h 43m | 4.14 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/13 21:21:00 | 12 | 3/14 07:21:00 | 12 | 10h 0m | 9h 36m | 6.77 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/14 10:52:00 | 12 | 3/14 10:57:00 | 12 | 0h 5m | 3h 31m | 7.11 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/14 13:46:00 | 12 | 3/14 23:04:00 | 11 | 9h 18m | 2h 49m | 6.39 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/15 12:07:00 | 11 | 3/15 19:15:00 | 10 | 7h 8m | 13h 3m | 4.60 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/16 04:35:00 | 10 | 3/16 14:10:00 | 10 | 9h 35m | 9h 20m | 7.50 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/17 12:33:00 | 10 | 3/17 19:59:00 | 9 | 7h 26m | 22h 23m | 4.02 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/18 03:25:00 | 9 | 3/18 10:45:00 | 8 | 7h 20m | 7h 26m | 5.38 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/18 18:59:00 | 8 | 3/19 03:29:00 | 8 | 8h 30m | 8h 14m | 7.04 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/19 20:58:00 | 8 | 3/20 08:10:00 | 8 | 11h 12m | 17h 29m | 2.75 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/20 19:05:00 | 8 | 3/21 05:05:00 | 8 | 10h 0m | 10h 55m | 4.21 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/21 14:27:00 | 8 | 3/21 14:30:00 | 8 | 0h 3m | 9h 22m | 5.87 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/21 20:02:57 | 8 | 5h 32m | 3.98 | |
|
22 | ||||
