Biography
Kirk Barnum, 43, was born and raised in California. He began mushing in 1995, and in 1999, he moved to Montana to run dogs. Last year he moved to Grangeville for “good trails and good fishing.” He says that after racing some good mushers in Wyoming, I wanted to run the Iditarod.” “I like to raise my on dogs and continue to breed my own strains. Each year I have better dogs to plug into my core. I enjoy the Iditarod because of the great dog teams that run annually and the remote villages and the Alaskan outdoors we travel through on the race course.” Kirk studied forestry at Utah State and worked as a forester for twenty years. He now lists his occupation as “dog servant” and his hobbies as music, bears, fishing, wildlife and Dutch oven cooking.
Sponsors
Sandy Englund, CA | Ralph/Mae Kruse, ID |
2011 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/05 11:39:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/06 15:30:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/06 19:38:00 | 16 | 3/06 19:53:00 | 16 | 0h 15m | 4h 8m | 10.89 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/07 03:44:00 | 16 | 3/07 08:13:00 | 16 | 4h 29m | 7h 51m | 4.33 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 13:11:00 | 16 | 3/07 19:12:00 | 15 | 6h 1m | 4h 58m | 9.06 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 23:17:00 | 15 | 3/08 08:09:00 | 15 | 8h 52m | 4h 5m | 7.35 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/08 12:09:00 | 15 | 3/08 18:41:00 | 14 | 6h 32m | 4h 0m | 12.00 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/09 09:54:00 | 14 | 3/09 17:39:00 | 13 | 7h 45m | 15h 13m | 4.93 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/09 23:24:00 | 13 | 3/11 00:04:00 | 12 | 24h 40m | 5h 45m | 9.39 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/11 02:21:00 | 12 | 3/11 02:23:00 | 12 | 0h 2m | 2h 17m | 7.88 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/11 05:10:00 | 12 | 3/11 17:55:00 | 12 | 12h 45m | 2h 47m | 8.98 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/12 08:32:00 | 12 | 3/12 18:42:00 | 11 | 10h 10m | 14h 37m | 6.16 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/13 03:46:00 | 11 | 3/13 11:26:00 | 11 | 7h 40m | 8h 4m | 8.06 | |
65 | ||
| Anvik | 3/13 14:45:00 | 11 | 3/13 15:01:00 | 10 | 0h 16m | 3h 19m | 7.54 | |
25 | ||
| Grayling | 3/13 17:55:00 | 10 | 3/14 04:46:00 | 10 | 10h 51m | 2h 54m | 6.21 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/14 13:16:00 | 10 | 3/14 22:53:00 | 10 | 9h 37m | 8h 30m | 7.06 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/15 12:21:00 | 10 | 3/15 21:00:00 | 10 | 8h 39m | 13h 28m | 5.20 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/16 12:27:00 | 10 | 3/16 20:59:00 | 9 | 8h 32m | 15h 27m | 5.83 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/17 03:17:00 | 9 | 3/17 13:02:00 | 9 | 9h 45m | 6h 18m | 6.67 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/17 19:02:00 | 9 | 3/18 03:38:00 | 9 | 8h 36m | 6h 0m | 8.00 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/18 10:09:00 | 9 | 3/18 18:16:00 | 9 | 8h 7m | 6h 31m | 7.37 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/19 01:53:00 | 9 | 3/19 11:38:00 | 9 | 9h 45m | 7h 37m | 6.04 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/19 20:18:00 | 9 | 3/19 20:26:00 | 9 | 0h 8m | 8h 40m | 6.35 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/19 23:52:47 | 9 | 3h 26m | 6.41 | |
|
22 | ||||
