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.
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 12:12:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 15:58:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 19:46:00 | 16 | 3/02 19:52:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 3h 48m | 11.05 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 01:55:00 | 16 | 3/03 02:00:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 6h 3m | 5.62 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 06:45:00 | 16 | 3/03 12:35:00 | 16 | 5h 50m | 4h 45m | 9.47 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 15:58:00 | 16 | 3/03 16:22:00 | 16 | 0h 24m | 3h 23m | 8.87 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/03 20:43:00 | 16 | 3/04 04:25:00 | 16 | 7h 42m | 4h 21m | 11.03 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/04 13:13:00 | 16 | 3/04 19:33:00 | 15 | 6h 20m | 8h 48m | 8.52 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 02:06:00 | 15 | 3/06 03:24:00 | 15 | 25h 18m | 6h 33m | 8.24 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/06 05:30:00 | 15 | 3/06 05:35:00 | 15 | 0h 5m | 2h 6m | 8.57 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/06 08:02:00 | 15 | 3/06 08:47:00 | 15 | 0h 45m | 2h 27m | 10.20 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/07 00:35:00 | 15 | 3/07 00:57:00 | 15 | 0h 22m | 15h 48m | 3.73 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/07 15:57:00 | 15 | 3/07 23:57:00 | 14 | 8h 0m | 15h 0m | 7.47 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/08 07:00:00 | 14 | 3/08 07:13:00 | 14 | 0h 13m | 7h 3m | 7.38 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/08 15:38:00 | 14 | 3/09 00:01:00 | 14 | 8h 23m | 8h 25m | 6.18 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/09 06:03:00 | 14 | 3/09 11:53:00 | 13 | 5h 50m | 5h 2m | 8.34 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/09 22:15:00 | 13 | 3/10 03:57:00 | 13 | 5h 42m | 10h 22m | 8.68 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 10:25:00 | 13 | 3/10 15:39:00 | 13 | 5h 14m | 6h 28m | 6.49 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/10 22:44:00 | 13 | 3/11 05:00:00 | 13 | 6h 16m | 7h 5m | 6.78 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/11 12:00:00 | 13 | 3/11 13:40:00 | 13 | 1h 40m | 7h 0m | 6.86 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/11 20:14:00 | 13 | 3/12 04:40:00 | 13 | 8h 26m | 6h 34m | 7.01 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/12 11:34:00 | 13 | 3/12 11:36:00 | 13 | 0h 2m | 6h 54m | 7.97 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/12 14:43:10 | 13 | 3h 7m | 7.06 | |
|
22 | ||||
