Biography
Hank DeBruin, 49, was born and raised in Ontario. He began mushing 15 years ago and became interested in running the Iditarod when he read Libby Riddles’ book, Race Across Alaska. He has run the Yukon Quest and other mid-distance races in the Lower 48. Hank and Tanya, currently own Winterdance Dog Sled Tours which they started in 1999, and he says, “I run dogs all the time.” They have four children, Logan, 12, Dustyn, 10, Michaela, 5 and Jessica, 3.
2010 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/06 11:36:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/07 15:26:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/07 19:21:00 | 16 | 3/07 19:28:00 | 16 | 0h 7m | 3h 55m | 11.49 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/07 23:05:00 | 16 | 3/08 05:43:00 | 16 | 6h 38m | 3h 37m | 9.40 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/08 11:55:00 | 16 | 3/08 17:50:00 | 16 | 5h 55m | 6h 12m | 7.26 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/08 21:57:00 | 16 | 16 | 4h 7m | 7.29 | 30 | |||||
| Rohn | 3/09 11:31:00 | 16 | 3/10 02:07:00 | 16 | 14h 36m | 48 | |||||
| Nikolai | 3/10 16:31:00 | 16 | 3/11 03:20:00 | 16 | 10h 49m | 14h 24m | 5.21 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/11 13:09:00 | 16 | 3/12 14:03:00 | 13 | 24h 54m | 9h 49m | 5.50 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/12 16:43:00 | 13 | 3/12 17:28:00 | 13 | 0h 45m | 2h 40m | 6.75 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/12 20:35:00 | 13 | 3/12 21:35:00 | 13 | 1h 0m | 3h 7m | 8.02 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/13 20:26:00 | 13 | 3/14 06:15:00 | 13 | 8h 49m | 22h 51m | 2.58 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/14 20:45:00 | 13 | 3/15 08:06:00 | 13 | 11h 21m | 14h 30m | 7.72 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/15 16:42:00 | 13 | 3/16 00:35:00 | 13 | 7h 53m | 8h 36m | 6.05 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/16 10:16:00 | 13 | 9h 41m | 5.37 | |
|
Scratched | 52 | |||
