Biography
Tollef Monson, 28, is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He began mushing in 2000 and currently lives in Kotzebue and trains with John Baker. Monson has run the Iditarod three times and his highest place finish was 10th in 2007. A salmon set net fisherman, he spends his summers fishing in Kodiak, Alaska, which he has been doing since 2001. He says his hobbies are reading and travel.
Awards
Sportsmanship — Sponsored by Fred Meyer
2006 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/04 11:52:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/04 13:02:00 | 12 | 1h 10m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/05 15:40:00 | 16 | 3/05 15:40:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/05 19:48:00 | 16 | 3/05 19:48:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 4h 8m | 10.89 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/06 03:06:00 | 16 | 16 | 7h 18m | 4.66 | 34 | |||||
| Finger Lake | 3/06 12:55:00 | 16 | 3/06 13:02:00 | 16 | 0h 7m | 45 | |||||
| Rainy Pass | 3/06 22:02:00 | 16 | 3/07 03:05:00 | 16 | 5h 3m | 9h 0m | 3.33 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/07 07:14:00 | 16 | 3/07 07:30:00 | 16 | 0h 16m | 4h 9m | 11.57 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/07 23:12:00 | 16 | 3/08 09:49:00 | 15 | 10h 37m | 15h 42m | 5.92 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/08 15:02:00 | 15 | 3/09 16:18:00 | 15 | 25h 16m | 5h 13m | 9.20 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/09 18:07:00 | 15 | 3/09 18:11:00 | 15 | 0h 4m | 1h 49m | 12.66 | |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/09 20:25:00 | 15 | 3/09 20:36:00 | 15 | 0h 11m | 2h 14m | 17.01 | |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/10 14:20:00 | 15 | 3/10 23:09:00 | 15 | 8h 49m | 17h 44m | 3.38 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/11 08:43:00 | 15 | 3/12 00:54:00 | 15 | 16h 11m | 9h 34m | 11.71 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/12 07:23:00 | 15 | 3/12 15:29:00 | 15 | 8h 6m | 6h 29m | 8.02 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/12 21:00:00 | 15 | 3/13 04:13:00 | 15 | 7h 13m | 5h 31m | 9.43 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 08:42:00 | 15 | 3/13 16:55:00 | 15 | 8h 13m | 4h 29m | 9.37 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/14 07:30:00 | 15 | 3/14 14:35:00 | 15 | 7h 5m | 14h 35m | 6.17 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 18:55:00 | 15 | 3/15 04:40:00 | 14 | 9h 45m | 4h 20m | 9.23 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/15 10:20:00 | 14 | 3/15 17:25:00 | 13 | 7h 5m | 5h 40m | 10.24 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/15 23:15:00 | 13 | 3/16 07:41:00 | 12 | 8h 26m | 5h 50m | 8.23 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/16 13:25:00 | 12 | 3/16 21:34:00 | 12 | 8h 9m | 5h 44m | 8.02 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/17 03:49:00 | 12 | 3/17 03:54:00 | 12 | 0h 5m | 6h 15m | 8.80 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/17 06:42:08 | 12 | 2h 48m | 7.86 | |
|
22 | ||||
