Biography
Matt Hayashida, 38, was born in Massachusetts and grew up in Pennsylvania. He has been mushing for 17 years and ran his first Iditarod in 1998. Matt works as General Manager of Alaska Icefield Expeditions. During the summer season, he offers a closer look at mushing, giving tours in Skagway with Gold Rush Tours. He has two daughters, Lily, 5, and Grace, 3. He says he enjoys fishing, reading, history and comedy.
Sponsors
Phil Cady, MA |
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 10:08:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 14:06:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 17:51:00 | 16 | 3/02 17:54:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 3h 45m | 11.20 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/02 20:49:00 | 16 | 3/03 02:42:00 | 16 | 5h 53m | 2h 55m | 11.66 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 07:26:00 | 16 | 15 | 4h 44m | 9.51 | 45 | |||||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 15:02:00 | 15 | 3/03 19:00:00 | 14 | 3h 58m | 30 | |||||
| Rohn | 3/04 00:37:00 | 14 | 3/04 07:01:00 | 14 | 6h 24m | 5h 37m | 8.55 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/04 17:53:00 | 14 | 3/05 00:06:00 | 13 | 6h 13m | 10h 52m | 6.90 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 06:25:00 | 13 | 3/06 09:30:00 | 12 | 27h 5m | 6h 19m | 8.55 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/06 11:37:00 | 12 | 3/06 11:40:00 | 12 | 0h 3m | 2h 7m | 8.50 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/06 14:15:00 | 12 | 3/06 20:05:00 | 10 | 5h 50m | 2h 35m | 9.68 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/07 06:10:00 | 10 | 3/07 15:00:00 | 10 | 8h 50m | 10h 5m | 5.85 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/08 05:06:00 | 10 | 3/08 11:08:00 | 10 | 6h 2m | 14h 6m | 7.94 | |
112 | ||
| Galena | 3/08 17:48:00 | 10 | 3/08 23:55:00 | 10 | 6h 7m | 6h 40m | 7.80 | |
52 | ||
| Nulato | 3/09 07:10:00 | 10 | 3/09 11:24:00 | 10 | 4h 14m | 6h 15m | 8.32 | |
52 | ||
| Kaltag | 3/09 16:30:00 | 10 | 3/10 00:36:00 | 9 | 8h 6m | 5h 6m | 8.24 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/10 15:10:00 | 9 | 3/10 15:20:00 | 9 | 0h 10m | 14h 34m | 6.18 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 21:53:00 | 9 | 3/11 04:10:00 | 9 | 6h 17m | 6h 33m | 6.41 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/11 11:00:00 | 9 | 3/11 16:22:00 | 9 | 5h 22m | 6h 50m | 7.02 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/11 23:02:00 | 9 | 3/11 23:43:00 | 8 | 0h 41m | 6h 40m | 7.20 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/12 10:23:00 | 8 | 3/12 18:23:00 | 7 | 8h 0m | 10h 40m | 4.31 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/13 01:49:00 | 7 | 3/13 01:50:00 | 7 | 0h 1m | 7h 26m | 7.40 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/13 05:07:03 | 7 | 3h 17m | 6.70 | |
|
22 | ||||
