Biography
Kjetil Backen, 38, was born and raised in Norway. He began mushing in 1996 and ran mid distance races in Norway. He became interested in the Iditarod because he wanted to run longer races than were in Norway. A service technician for the last 16 years, Kjetil says he enjoys fishing and hunting. He is married to Ingrid and they have two children: Emil Andreas, age 7 and Helene, age 6.
2008 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/01 11:30:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 15:20:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 18:58:00 | 16 | 3/02 19:01:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 3h 38m | 11.56 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/02 22:17:00 | 16 | 3/03 00:15:00 | 16 | 1h 58m | 3h 16m | 10.41 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 05:09:00 | 16 | 3/03 09:55:00 | 15 | 4h 46m | 4h 54m | 9.18 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 13:17:00 | 15 | 3/03 13:21:00 | 15 | 0h 4m | 3h 22m | 8.91 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/03 17:41:00 | 15 | 3/04 01:11:00 | 15 | 7h 30m | 4h 20m | 11.08 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/04 10:39:00 | 15 | 3/04 17:22:00 | 15 | 6h 43m | 9h 28m | 7.92 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/04 23:56:00 | 15 | 3/04 23:58:00 | 15 | 0h 2m | 6h 34m | 8.22 | 54 | |||
| Takotna | 3/05 02:27:00 | 15 | 3/06 04:17:00 | 15 | 25h 50m | 2h 29m | 7.25 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/06 06:53:00 | 15 | 3/06 06:58:00 | 15 | 0h 5m | 2h 36m | 9.62 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/06 20:35:00 | 15 | 3/07 01:00:00 | 14 | 4h 25m | 13h 37m | 4.33 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/07 13:37:00 | 14 | 3/07 21:37:00 | 14 | 8h 0m | 12h 37m | 8.88 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/08 04:45:00 | 14 | 3/08 09:29:00 | 14 | 4h 44m | 7h 8m | 7.29 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/08 17:19:00 | 14 | 3/08 21:36:00 | 14 | 4h 17m | 7h 50m | 6.64 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/09 04:12:00 | 14 | 3/09 10:21:00 | 13 | 6h 9m | 5h 36m | 7.50 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/09 21:48:00 | 13 | 3/10 02:57:00 | 13 | 5h 9m | 11h 27m | 7.86 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 09:45:00 | 13 | 3/10 14:29:00 | 13 | 4h 44m | 6h 48m | 6.18 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/10 21:56:00 | 13 | 3/11 03:38:00 | 13 | 5h 42m | 7h 27m | 6.44 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/11 10:40:00 | 13 | 3/11 11:25:00 | 13 | 0h 45m | 7h 2m | 6.82 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/11 18:17:00 | 13 | 3/12 02:24:00 | 11 | 8h 7m | 6h 52m | 6.70 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/12 09:26:00 | 11 | 3/12 09:26:00 | 11 | 0h 0m | 7h 2m | 7.82 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/12 12:25:26 | 11 | 2h 59m | 7.37 | |
|
22 | ||||
