Musher Details

2010 Iditarod » Mushers » Ken Anderson

Ken Anderson

Bib Number: 51
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Biography

Ken Anderson, 44, was born in Minnesota. He says he began mushing at birth as his parents had a recreational team. When he was in third grade, his father bought him a book on the Iditarod, and he decided to someday compete in the Race. Before moving to Alaska, he attended the University of Minnesota and was a dog handler. He came to Alaska in 1993 to learn more about mushing and study biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He’s been running the Iditarod since 1999. Ken is married to Gwen Holdman, also an Iditarod veteran. Ken says, “This will most likely be my last Iditarod for now so I aim to give it my all.” He lists his occupation as dog musher and says his hobbies are sailing, carpentry, boating and writing. Ken and Gwen are the parents of twins, Marais and Leif, age 8 and Lael “Lilly”, age 6.

Sponsors

Redpaw Foods
Wedgewood Resort


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 11:50:00 12
Willow 3/07 15:38:00 16
Yentna Station 3/07 19:12:00 16 3/07 19:18:00 16 0h 6m 3h 34m 12.62 45
Skwentna 3/07 22:14:00 16 16 2h 56m 11.59 34
Finger Lake 3/08 08:17:00 16 3/08 08:26:00 16 0h 9m 45
Rainy Pass 3/08 18:00:00 16 3/08 18:03:00 16 0h 3m 9h 34m 3.14 30
Rohn 3/08 22:10:00 16 3/09 03:47:00 14 5h 37m 4h 7m 11.66 48
Nikolai 3/09 18:47:00 14 3/09 18:57:00 14 0h 10m 15h 0m 5.00 75
McGrath 3/10 00:45:00 14 3/10 00:48:00 14 0h 3m 5h 48m 9.31 54
Takotna 3/10 03:18:00 14 3/11 04:00:00 14 24h 42m 2h 30m 7.20 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/11 06:15:00 14 3/11 06:25:00 12 0h 10m 2h 15m 11.11 ✔ 25
Cripple 3/11 21:18:00 12 3/11 21:33:00 12 0h 15m 14h 53m 3.96 ✔ 59
Ruby 3/12 07:41:00 12 3/12 15:45:00 12 8h 4m 10h 8m 11.05 ✔ ✔ 112
Galena 3/12 22:03:00 12 3/13 02:53:00 12 4h 50m 6h 18m 8.25 ✔ ✔ 52
Nulato 3/13 09:21:00 12 3/13 13:03:00 12 3h 42m 6h 28m 8.04 ✔ ✔ 52
Kaltag 3/13 17:59:00 12 3/13 18:10:00 12 0h 11m 4h 56m 8.51 ✔ ✔ 42
Unalakleet 3/14 13:18:00 12 3/14 13:46:00 12 0h 28m 18h 8m 4.96 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/14 23:34:00 12 3/14 23:48:00 12 0h 14m 9h 48m 4.29 ✔ ✔ 42
Koyuk 3/15 07:12:00 12 3/15 12:16:00 12 5h 4m 7h 24m 6.49 ✔ ✔ 48
Elim 3/15 19:17:00 12 3/15 19:28:00 11 0h 11m 7h 1m 6.84 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/16 02:58:00 11 3/16 11:00:00 10 8h 2m 7h 30m 6.13 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/16 18:08:00 10 3/16 18:10:00 10 0h 2m 7h 8m 7.71 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/16 21:25:23 10 3h 15m 6.77 ✔ ✔ 22