Biography
James Volek, 28, was born in Michigan where he received his BA in Criminal Justice from Northern Michigan University. He moved to Southeast Alaska in 2012 to work on glaciers, saying he came to Alaska to “seek adventure.” He now works for Happy Trails Kennel as a Musher/Tour Guide.
Sponsors
Happy Trails
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2013 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/02 12:08:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/03 16:08:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/03 20:25:00 | 16 | 3/04 02:05:00 | 16 | 5h 40m | 4h 17m | 9.81 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/04 04:38:00 | 16 | 3/04 09:34:00 | 16 | 4h 56m | 2h 33m | 11.76 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 14:51:00 | 16 | 3/04 21:26:00 | 16 | 6h 35m | 5h 17m | 7.57 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 01:44:00 | 16 | 3/05 08:10:00 | 16 | 6h 26m | 4h 18m | 6.98 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 12:56:00 | 16 | 3/05 19:43:00 | 16 | 6h 47m | 4h 46m | 7.34 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/06 11:45:00 | 16 | 3/06 21:00:00 | 16 | 9h 15m | 16h 2m | 4.68 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 03:02:00 | 16 | 3/07 11:53:00 | 16 | 8h 51m | 6h 2m | 7.96 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/07 14:33:00 | 16 | 3/08 15:05:00 | 16 | 24h 32m | 2h 40m | 6.75 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/08 17:55:00 | 16 | 3/08 18:02:00 | 16 | 0h 7m | 2h 50m | 8.12 | |
23 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/09 16:35:00 | 16 | 3/10 11:39:00 | 14 | 18h 4m | 22h 33m | 3.55 | |
80 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/10 21:02:00 | 14 | 3/11 05:25:00 | 14 | 8h 23m | 9h 23m | 5.86 | |
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55 | |
| Anvik | 3/11 09:10:00 | 14 | 3/11 09:11:00 | 14 | 0h 1m | 3h 45m | 6.67 | |
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25 | |
| Grayling | 3/11 11:37:00 | 14 | 3/11 20:00:00 | 14 | 8h 23m | 2h 26m | 7.40 | |
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18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/12 04:20:00 | 14 | 3/12 12:35:00 | 14 | 8h 15m | 8h 20m | 7.44 | |
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62 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 01:04:00 | 14 | 3/13 07:55:00 | 14 | 6h 51m | 12h 29m | 4.81 | |
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60 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/14 00:29:00 | 14 | 3/14 07:01:00 | 14 | 6h 32m | 16h 34m | 5.13 | |
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85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 11:58:00 | 14 | 3/14 17:37:00 | 14 | 5h 39m | 4h 57m | 8.08 | |
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40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 23:42:00 | 14 | 3/15 08:50:00 | 14 | 9h 8m | 6h 5m | 8.22 | |
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50 | |
| Elim | 3/15 15:07:00 | 14 | 3/15 22:25:00 | 13 | 7h 18m | 6h 17m | 7.64 | |
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48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/16 05:45:00 | 13 | 3/16 13:45:00 | 13 | 8h 0m | 7h 20m | 6.27 | |
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46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 20:48:00 | 13 | 3/16 20:52:00 | 12 | 0h 4m | 7h 3m | 7.80 | |
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55 | |
| Nome | 3/17 00:12:53 | 12 | 3h 20m | 6.60 | |
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22 | ||||
