Biography
Braxton Peterson, 25, was born in Bermuda. His family moved to the Kenai Peninsula when Braxton was a child. He has been running dogs for the Mackey Kennel for almost 10 years and been a fisherman for the last five years. He says, “this is my first Iditarod and I have worked many long, cold, tired days to get here. It’s finally happening!” Braxton has run a number of mid distance races in the State. He says in his spare time he enjoys music, snowboarding and writing lyrics for dog mushing rap.
Sponsors
Redpaw Feed, WI
| Millennium Alaska Hotel
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2012 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/03 12:14:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/04 16:02:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/04 20:29:00 | 16 | 3/04 20:35:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 4h 27m | 9.44 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/05 03:15:00 | 16 | 3/05 03:51:00 | 16 | 0h 36m | 6h 40m | 4.50 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/05 09:19:00 | 16 | 3/05 13:01:00 | 16 | 3h 42m | 5h 28m | 7.32 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 16:41:00 | 16 | 3/05 20:25:00 | 16 | 3h 44m | 3h 40m | 8.18 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/06 01:22:00 | 16 | 3/06 03:05:00 | 15 | 1h 43m | 4h 57m | 7.07 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/06 18:33:00 | 15 | 3/07 01:06:00 | 15 | 6h 33m | 15h 28m | 4.85 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 08:00:00 | 15 | 3/08 08:10:00 | 15 | 24h 10m | 6h 54m | 6.96 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/08 10:22:00 | 15 | 3/08 10:31:00 | 15 | 0h 9m | 2h 12m | 8.18 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/08 13:12:00 | 15 | 3/08 17:20:00 | 14 | 4h 8m | 2h 41m | 8.57 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/09 03:34:00 | 14 | 3/09 08:33:00 | 14 | 4h 59m | 10h 14m | 7.13 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/09 19:05:00 | 14 | 3/10 03:22:00 | 12 | 8h 17m | 10h 32m | 6.65 | |
|
70 | |
| Galena | 3/10 09:50:00 | 12 | 3/10 10:25:00 | 12 | 0h 35m | 6h 28m | 7.73 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/10 22:05:00 | 12 | 3/10 22:24:00 | 12 | 0h 19m | 11h 40m | 3.17 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 04:26:00 | 12 | 3/11 11:00:00 | 11 | 6h 34m | 5h 2m | 9.34 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 03:56:00 | 11 | 3/13 11:59:00 | 10 | 32h 3m | 16h 56m | 5.02 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 18:11:00 | 3/13 12:00:00 | 17h 49m | -18h -48m | -2.13 | |
|
40 | |||
| Koyuk | 3/13 21:46:00 | 10 | 3/14 05:20:00 | 10 | 7h 34m | 9h 46m | 5.12 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/14 11:52:00 | 10 | 3/14 12:14:00 | 10 | 0h 22m | 6h 32m | 7.35 | |
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48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 19:06:00 | 10 | 3/15 03:10:00 | 10 | 8h 4m | 6h 52m | 6.70 | |
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46 | |
| Safety | 3/15 10:14:00 | 10 | 3/15 10:18:00 | 10 | 0h 4m | 7h 4m | 7.78 | |
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55 | |
| Nome | 3/15 13:44:04 | 10 | 3h 26m | 6.41 | |
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22 | ||||
