Biography
Benoit Gerard, 34, is from Amiens, France. He first became interested in running the Iditarod when he read Gary Paulsen's book, Winterdance. He currently lives in Kotzebue, Alaska, and trains with John Baker. Gerard began mushing in 2002 and his racing experience includes the Seeley Lake Race in Montana and Norway's races, the Femundsløpet in 2006 and 2007 and the Finnmarksløpet in 2006. He says his interests include reading, jogging and mountain biking.
Sponsors
John & Iva Baker/Team Baker |
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 13:18:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 16:58:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 21:17:00 | 16 | 3/02 21:20:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 4h 19m | 9.73 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 00:53:00 | 16 | 3/03 06:46:00 | 15 | 5h 53m | 3h 33m | 9.58 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 12:17:00 | 15 | 3/03 12:28:00 | 15 | 0h 11m | 5h 31m | 8.16 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 22:40:00 | 15 | 3/03 22:42:00 | 15 | 0h 2m | 10h 12m | 2.94 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 03:52:00 | 15 | 3/04 09:56:00 | 15 | 6h 4m | 5h 10m | 9.29 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/04 20:10:00 | 15 | 3/05 04:07:00 | 14 | 7h 57m | 10h 14m | 7.33 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 11:27:00 | 14 | 3/05 11:32:00 | 14 | 0h 5m | 7h 20m | 7.36 | 54 | |||
| Takotna | 3/05 14:26:00 | 14 | 3/06 16:00:00 | 13 | 25h 34m | 2h 54m | 6.21 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/06 18:51:00 | 13 | 3/06 19:06:00 | 13 | 0h 15m | 2h 51m | 8.77 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/07 10:31:00 | 13 | 3/07 17:51:00 | 12 | 7h 20m | 15h 25m | 3.83 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/08 10:56:00 | 12 | 3/08 19:49:00 | 11 | 8h 53m | 17h 5m | 6.56 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/09 04:20:00 | 3/09 14:22:00 | 9 | 10h 2m | 7h 31m | 6.92 | |
|
52 | ||
| Nulato | 3/09 21:57:00 | 9 | 3/10 07:58:00 | 9 | 10h 1m | 7h 35m | 6.86 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/10 13:06:00 | 9 | 3/10 18:31:00 | 9 | 5h 25m | 5h 8m | 8.18 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/11 12:09:00 | 9 | 3/11 20:05:00 | 9 | 7h 56m | 17h 38m | 5.10 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 02:42:00 | 9 | 3/12 09:44:00 | 9 | 7h 2m | 6h 37m | 6.35 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/12 16:01:00 | 9 | 3/12 23:14:00 | 9 | 7h 13m | 6h 17m | 7.64 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/13 05:47:00 | 9 | 3/13 11:15:00 | 9 | 5h 28m | 6h 33m | 7.33 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/13 17:30:00 | 9 | 3/14 01:30:00 | 9 | 8h 0m | 6h 15m | 7.36 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/14 08:36:00 | 9 | 3/14 08:38:00 | 9 | 0h 2m | 7h 6m | 7.75 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/14 11:51:52 | 9 | 3h 13m | 6.84 | |
|
22 | ||||
