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 Kennel
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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 10:28:00 | 16 | 3/05 10:28:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | ||||||
| Willow | 3/06 14:26:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/06 18:22:00 | 16 | 3/06 18:24:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 3h 56m | 10.68 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/07 01:27:00 | 16 | 3/07 01:33:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 7h 3m | 4.26 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 10:22:00 | 16 | 3/07 10:31:00 | 16 | 0h 9m | 8h 49m | 4.54 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 14:44:00 | 16 | 3/07 21:23:00 | 16 | 6h 39m | 4h 13m | 7.11 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/08 02:47:00 | 16 | 3/08 09:23:00 | 15 | 6h 36m | 5h 24m | 6.48 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 23:30:00 | 15 | 3/09 06:29:00 | 15 | 6h 59m | 14h 7m | 5.31 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/09 12:30:00 | 15 | 3/09 12:50:00 | 14 | 0h 20m | 6h 1m | 7.98 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/09 15:32:00 | 14 | 3/10 17:55:00 | 14 | 26h 23m | 2h 42m | 6.67 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 20:39:00 | 14 | 3/10 20:52:00 | 13 | 0h 13m | 2h 44m | 8.41 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/11 13:46:00 | 13 | 3/11 21:36:00 | 12 | 7h 50m | 16h 54m | 4.32 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/12 11:53:00 | 12 | 3/12 20:04:00 | 12 | 8h 11m | 14h 17m | 4.90 | |
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70 | |
| Galena | 3/13 01:52:00 | 12 | 3/13 10:18:00 | 12 | 7h 26m | 5h 48m | 8.62 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/13 17:22:00 | 12 | 3/14 00:09:00 | 11 | 6h 47m | 7h 4m | 5.24 | |
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37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/14 04:35:00 | 11 | 3/14 09:55:00 | 11 | 5h 20m | 4h 26m | 10.60 | |
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47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/15 00:11:00 | 11 | 3/15 06:55:00 | 10 | 6h 44m | 14h 16m | 5.96 | |
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85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/15 12:44:00 | 10 | 3/15 17:50:00 | 10 | 5h 6m | 5h 49m | 6.88 | |
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40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/16 00:25:00 | 10 | 3/16 07:07:00 | 10 | 6h 42m | 6h 35m | 7.59 | |
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50 | |
| Elim | 3/16 13:16:00 | 10 | 3/16 17:57:00 | 10 | 4h 41m | 6h 9m | 7.80 | |
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48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/17 00:12:00 | 10 | 3/17 08:12:00 | 9 | 8h 0m | 6h 15m | 7.36 | |
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46 | |
| Safety | 3/17 15:46:00 | 9 | 3/17 15:47:00 | 9 | 0h 1m | 7h 34m | 7.27 | |
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55 | |
| Nome | 3/17 18:54:10 | 9 | 3h 7m | 7.06 | |
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22 | ||||
