Biography
Ed Hopkins, 54, was born and raised in Quebec, CANADA. He says he left there in 1974 to look for “greener pastures.” He first became interested in dog mushing while watching the first Yukon Quest finish in Whitehorse. After that he broke trail between checkpoints and worked as a handler for Iditarod veteran, Harry Sutherland. He got his first team in 1987 and has been mushing since. For the last 35 years, he has been a landscaper as well as a dog musher. Ed is married to Iditarod veteran, Michelle Phillips and they have one adult son, Keegan. Ed lists his hobbies as cars and classic trucks and hunting.
Awards
Rookie of the Year
2019 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/03 15:02:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/03 19:25:00 | 14 | 3/03 19:30:00 | 14 | 0h 5m | 4h 23m | 9.58 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/04 01:49:00 | 14 | 3/04 01:56:00 | 14 | 0h 7m | 6h 19m | 4.75 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 10:53:00 | 14 | 3/04 14:45:00 | 14 | 3h 52m | 8h 57m | 4.47 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 18:17:00 | 14 | 3/04 21:24:00 | 14 | 3h 7m | 3h 32m | 8.49 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 01:57:00 | 14 | 3/05 06:40:00 | 13 | 4h 43m | 4h 33m | 7.69 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 16:22:00 | 13 | 3/05 21:39:00 | 13 | 5h 17m | 9h 42m | 7.73 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 05:27:00 | 13 | 3/06 07:35:00 | 13 | 2h 8m | 7h 48m | 6.15 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/06 10:39:00 | 13 | 3/07 11:19:00 | 13 | 24h 40m | 3h 4m | 5.87 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 14:15:00 | 13 | 3/07 14:25:00 | 13 | 0h 10m | 2h 56m | 7.84 | |
23 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/08 10:41:00 | 13 | 3/08 15:07:00 | 13 | 4h 26m | 20h 16m | 3.95 | |
80 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/09 00:19:00 | 13 | 3/09 08:32:00 | 13 | 8h 13m | 9h 12m | 5.98 | |
|
55 | |
| Anvik | 3/09 12:01:00 | 13 | 3/09 12:15:00 | 13 | 0h 14m | 3h 29m | 7.18 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/09 14:44:00 | 13 | 3/09 19:16:00 | 13 | 4h 32m | 2h 29m | 7.25 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/10 08:31:00 | 13 | 3/10 08:31:00 | 13 | 0h 0m | 12h 15m | 5.06 | |
|
62 | |
| Kaltag | 3/10 23:44:00 | 13 | 3/11 05:16:00 | 13 | 5h 32m | 15h 13m | 3.94 | |
|
60 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/11 22:18:00 | 13 | 3/12 03:56:00 | 12 | 5h 38m | 17h 2m | 4.99 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 10:35:00 | 12 | 3/12 16:51:00 | 12 | 6h 16m | 6h 39m | 6.02 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 00:54:00 | 12 | 3/13 07:50:00 | 11 | 6h 56m | 8h 3m | 6.21 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/13 15:29:00 | 11 | 3/13 20:33:00 | 10 | 5h 4m | 7h 39m | 6.27 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 04:29:00 | 10 | 3/14 12:35:00 | 10 | 8h 6m | 7h 56m | 5.80 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/14 19:53:00 | 10 | 3/14 19:55:00 | 10 | 0h 2m | 7h 18m | 7.53 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/14 23:07:34 | 10 | 3h 12m | 6.88 | |
|
22 | ||||
