Biography
Dag Torluf Olsen, 51, was born and raised in Hammerfest/Finnmark, Norway. He has been running dogs since 1993 and has been dreaming about the Iditarod since 2000. He says, “Mushing dogs is a big part of my life. Breeding dogs is normal work for me. The whole family is well known in the mushing community. I have imported some dogs from Alaska from Mitch Seavey and I have a breeding line from Lance Mackey.” Dag is married to Nina and they have to adult children, Hans and Nikolai. He lists his hobbies as fishing and hunting.
2016 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 11:12:00 | 16 | 3/05 11:12:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | ||||||
| Willow | 3/06 15:06:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/06 18:56:00 | 16 | 3/06 19:00:00 | 16 | 0h 4m | 3h 50m | 10.96 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/06 22:21:00 | 16 | 3/07 02:21:00 | 16 | 4h 0m | 3h 21m | 8.96 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 07:02:00 | 16 | 3/07 10:42:00 | 15 | 3h 40m | 4h 41m | 8.54 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 14:47:00 | 15 | 3/07 19:27:00 | 15 | 4h 40m | 4h 5m | 7.35 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/08 00:11:00 | 15 | 3/08 07:08:00 | 15 | 6h 57m | 4h 44m | 7.39 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 16:50:00 | 15 | 3/08 21:53:00 | 15 | 5h 3m | 9h 42m | 7.73 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/09 03:53:00 | 15 | 3/09 03:53:00 | 15 | 0h 0m | 6h 0m | 8.00 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/09 06:36:00 | 15 | 3/10 08:26:00 | 15 | 25h 50m | 2h 43m | 6.63 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 10:58:00 | 15 | 3/10 11:02:00 | 15 | 0h 4m | 2h 32m | 9.08 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/10 21:42:00 | 15 | 3/11 06:55:00 | 14 | 9h 13m | 10h 40m | 6.84 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/11 18:19:00 | 14 | 3/12 02:22:00 | 13 | 8h 3m | 11h 24m | 6.14 | |
|
70 | |
| Galena | 3/12 08:24:00 | 13 | 3/12 08:58:00 | 13 | 0h 34m | 6h 2m | 8.29 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/12 17:51:00 | 13 | 3/12 23:28:00 | 13 | 5h 37m | 8h 53m | 4.17 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 05:13:00 | 13 | 3/13 05:18:00 | 13 | 0h 5m | 4h 45m | 9.89 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 23:17:00 | 13 | 3/14 03:15:00 | 13 | 3h 58m | 17h 59m | 4.73 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 09:44:00 | 13 | 3/14 13:21:00 | 12 | 3h 37m | 6h 29m | 6.17 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 21:10:00 | 12 | 3/15 04:23:00 | 12 | 7h 13m | 7h 49m | 6.40 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/15 11:18:00 | 12 | 3/15 14:37:00 | 12 | 3h 19m | 6h 55m | 6.94 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 20:14:00 | 12 | 3/16 04:14:00 | 12 | 8h 0m | 5h 37m | 8.19 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 10:22:00 | 12 | 3/16 10:23:00 | 12 | 0h 1m | 6h 8m | 8.97 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 13:06:16 | 12 | 2h 43m | 8.10 | |
|
22 | ||||
