Biography
Tim Osmar, 42, was born and raised on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. For the last 35 years, he's been a commercial fisherman and dog musher. He began mushing in 1979 when he was 12 years old and became interested in running the Iditarod by watching the Race. He ran the Jr. Iditarod four times and won it three times. He is also a Yukon Quest winner. He is a member of the P.R.I.D.E. and KPFA. In 2009, Tim will be running again with Rachael Scdoris. He and his wife, Tawny, have four children, Nicole, 20, David 18, Daniel, 15, and Merissa, 13. Tim says he has no time for hobbies.
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 11:28:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/04 12:34:00 | 12 | 1h 6m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/05 15:18:00 | 16 | 3/05 15:18:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/05 19:06:00 | 16 | 3/05 19:06:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 3h 48m | 11.84 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/06 02:43:00 | 16 | 3/06 02:48:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 7h 37m | 4.46 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/06 13:54:00 | 16 | 3/06 19:55:00 | 16 | 6h 1m | 11h 6m | 4.05 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 00:04:00 | 16 | 3/07 07:53:00 | 16 | 7h 49m | 4h 9m | 7.23 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/07 12:07:00 | 16 | 3/07 12:38:00 | 16 | 0h 31m | 4h 14m | 11.34 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 06:06:00 | 16 | 3/08 17:23:00 | 16 | 11h 17m | 17h 28m | 5.32 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/08 22:42:00 | 16 | 3/10 01:14:00 | 15 | 26h 32m | 5h 19m | 9.03 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/10 03:06:00 | 15 | 3/10 03:11:00 | 15 | 0h 5m | 1h 52m | 12.32 | |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 05:45:00 | 15 | 3/10 12:19:00 | 15 | 6h 34m | 2h 34m | 14.81 | |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/11 03:35:00 | 15 | 3/11 14:13:00 | 14 | 10h 38m | 15h 16m | 3.93 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/12 05:23:00 | 14 | 3/12 14:54:00 | 14 | 9h 31m | 15h 10m | 7.38 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/12 21:53:00 | 14 | 3/13 06:19:00 | 14 | 8h 26m | 6h 59m | 7.45 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/13 12:20:00 | 14 | 3/13 19:29:00 | 14 | 7h 9m | 6h 1m | 8.64 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/14 00:04:00 | 14 | 3/14 10:00:00 | 13 | 9h 56m | 4h 35m | 9.16 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/15 01:04:00 | 13 | 3/15 11:25:00 | 13 | 10h 21m | 15h 4m | 5.97 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/15 16:39:00 | 13 | 3/15 22:40:00 | 13 | 6h 1m | 5h 14m | 7.64 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/16 05:10:00 | 13 | 3/16 12:11:00 | 13 | 7h 1m | 6h 30m | 8.92 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/16 18:18:00 | 13 | 3/17 01:00:00 | 13 | 6h 42m | 6h 7m | 7.85 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/17 07:40:00 | 13 | 3/17 15:53:00 | 13 | 8h 13m | 6h 40m | 6.90 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/17 22:41:00 | 13 | 3/17 22:46:00 | 13 | 0h 5m | 6h 48m | 8.09 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/18 01:42:00 | 13 | 2h 56m | 7.50 | |
|
22 | ||||
