Biography
Rick Swenson, 61, was born in Minnesota. He moved to Alaska in 1973 to mush dogs. He is the only five-time winner of the Iditarod. He belongs to Mush with P.R.I.D.E., the Iditarod where he serves on the Board of Directors, and the Alaska Miners. Rick is the father of three, Kristen, Andy and Kevin.
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 11:17:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/04 12:21:00 | 12 | 1h 4m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/05 15:08:00 | 16 | 3/05 15:08:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/05 18:49:00 | 16 | 3/05 20:00:00 | 16 | 1h 11m | 3h 41m | 12.22 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/06 00:15:00 | 16 | 3/06 00:20:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 4h 15m | 8.00 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/06 11:58:00 | 16 | 3/06 12:01:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 11h 38m | 3.87 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/06 15:29:00 | 16 | 3/06 21:30:00 | 16 | 6h 1m | 3h 28m | 8.65 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/07 01:38:00 | 16 | 3/07 01:52:00 | 14 | 0h 14m | 4h 8m | 11.61 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/07 17:07:00 | 14 | 3/07 23:10:00 | 14 | 6h 3m | 15h 15m | 6.10 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/08 05:01:00 | 14 | 3/08 11:34:00 | 14 | 6h 33m | 5h 51m | 8.21 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/08 13:49:00 | 14 | 3/08 13:54:00 | 14 | 0h 5m | 2h 15m | 10.22 | 23 | |||
| Ophir | 3/08 16:38:00 | 14 | 3/09 18:15:00 | 14 | 25h 37m | 2h 44m | 13.90 |  |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/10 03:06:00 | 14 | 3/10 11:39:00 | 14 | 8h 33m | 8h 51m | 6.78 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/10 21:25:00 | 14 | 3/11 06:15:00 | 12 | 8h 50m | 9h 46m | 11.47 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/11 12:27:00 | 12 | 3/11 19:17:00 | 11 | 6h 50m | 6h 12m | 8.39 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/12 01:23:00 | 11 | 3/12 05:58:00 | 11 | 4h 35m | 6h 6m | 8.52 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/12 10:52:00 | 11 | 3/12 18:02:00 | 11 | 7h 10m | 4h 54m | 8.57 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 10:20:00 | 11 | 3/13 10:40:00 | 11 | 0h 20m | 16h 18m | 5.52 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/13 16:30:00 | 11 | 3/14 00:50:00 | 11 | 8h 20m | 5h 50m | 6.86 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 06:52:00 | 11 | 3/14 16:56:00 | 10 | 10h 4m | 6h 2m | 9.61 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/14 23:32:00 | 10 | 3/15 03:38:00 | 10 | 4h 6m | 6h 36m | 7.27 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 09:58:00 | 10 | 3/15 18:11:00 | 10 | 8h 13m | 6h 20m | 7.26 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 00:33:00 | 10 | 3/16 00:34:00 | 10 | 0h 1m | 6h 22m | 8.64 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 03:27:30 | 10 | 2h 53m | 7.63 | |
|
22 | ||||
