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
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2009 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/07 10:39:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/08 14:34:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/08 18:38:00 | 16 | 3/08 18:46:00 | 16 | 0h 8m | 4h 4m | 16.23 | 66 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/09 01:09:00 | 16 | 3/09 01:19:00 | 16 | 0h 10m | 6h 23m | 5.33 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/09 12:29:00 | 16 | 3/09 12:30:00 | 16 | 0h 1m | 11h 10m | 4.03 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/09 16:07:00 | 16 | 3/09 23:20:00 | 15 | 7h 13m | 3h 37m | 8.29 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/10 02:55:00 | 15 | 3/10 03:04:00 | 15 | 0h 9m | 3h 35m | 13.40 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/10 19:41:00 | 15 | 3/11 03:08:00 | 14 | 7h 27m | 16h 37m | 4.51 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/11 09:37:00 | 14 | 3/11 09:41:00 | 14 | 0h 4m | 6h 29m | 8.33 | 54 | |||
| Takotna | 3/11 12:18:00 | 14 | 3/12 13:58:00 | 14 | 25h 40m | 2h 37m | 6.88 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/12 16:55:00 | 14 | 3/12 17:05:00 | 14 | 0h 10m | 2h 57m | 8.47 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/13 10:26:00 | 14 | 3/13 16:49:00 | 14 | 6h 23m | 17h 21m | 5.19 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/14 00:15:00 | 14 | 3/14 08:15:00 | 14 | 8h 0m | 7h 26m | 8.74 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/14 11:40:00 | 14 | 3/14 11:42:00 | 14 | 0h 2m | 3h 25m | 7.32 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/14 14:10:00 | 14 | 3/14 21:17:00 | 12 | 7h 7m | 2h 28m | 7.30 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/15 06:03:00 | 12 | 3/15 15:38:00 | 11 | 9h 35m | 8h 46m | 6.84 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/16 04:29:00 | 11 | 3/16 13:56:00 | 11 | 9h 27m | 12h 51m | 5.45 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/17 04:14:00 | 11 | 3/17 21:15:00 | 11 | 17h 1m | 14h 18m | 6.29 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/18 06:46:00 | 11 | 3/18 06:49:00 | 11 | 0h 3m | 9h 31m | 4.20 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/18 12:00:00 | 11 | 3/18 16:27:00 | 11 | 4h 27m | 5h 11m | 11.19 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/18 22:02:00 | 11 | 3/19 01:38:00 | 11 | 3h 36m | 5h 35m | 8.60 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/19 07:39:00 | 11 | 3/19 15:39:00 | 10 | 8h 0m | 6h 1m | 7.65 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/19 21:37:00 | 10 | 3/19 21:40:00 | 10 | 0h 3m | 5h 58m | 9.22 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/20 00:18:40 | 10 | 2h 38m | 8.35 | |
|
22 | ||||
