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Jessie Holmes

Bib Number: 44
Hometown: AL


Biography

Jessie Holmes was born and raised in Alabama. He left there at the age of 18 to go see Alaska. But he ended up in Montana where he worked as a carpenter for three years. He came to Alaska in 2004 looking for adventure and found it running dogs on a remote trap line on the Yukon River. This love for the wilderness and dogs eventually led to his competing in many races, both sprint and distance. He won the Kobuk 440 in 2017 and placed seventh in the 2018 Iditarod, taking home the honor of being the “Rookie of the Year” in that Iditarod. A subsistence resident of Nenana, Jessie currently works as a carpenter and TV personality, appearing in Life below Zero, a documentary television show about the daily lives of people living in remote Alaska. He lists his hobbies as running ultra-marathons, hunting and fishing.


2021 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Deshka Landing N 3/07 15:24:00 14
Skwentna N 3/07 21:44:00 14 3/08 03:12:00 14 5h 28m 6h 20m 10.58 67
Finger Lake N 3/08 07:23:00 14 3/08 07:24:00 14 0h 1m 4h 11m 9.56 40
Rainy Pass N 3/08 10:31:00 14 3/08 17:24:00 14 6h 53m 3h 7m 9.63 30
Rohn N 3/08 21:18:00 14 3/08 21:43:00 14 0h 25m 3h 54m 8.97 35
Nikolai N 3/09 11:50:00 14 3/09 17:16:00 13 5h 26m 14h 7m 5.31 75
McGrath N 3/09 23:48:00 13 3/10 02:27:00 12 2h 39m 6h 32m 7.35 48
Ophir N 3/10 07:43:00 12 3/11 07:51:00 12 24h 8m 5h 16m 7.78 ✔ 41
Iditarod N 3/11 20:16:00 12 3/12 01:27:00 12 5h 11m 12h 25m 6.44 ✔ 80
Ophir S 3/12 14:51:00 12 3/12 18:46:00 11 3h 55m 13h 24m 5.97 ✔ 80
McGrath S 3/12 23:47:00 11 3/13 08:16:00 10 8h 29m 5h 1m 8.17 ✔ ✔ 41
Nikolai S 3/13 14:13:00 10 3/13 18:40:00 9 4h 27m 5h 57m 8.07 ✔ ✔ 48
Rohn S 3/14 10:46:00 9 3/14 16:50:00 9 6h 4m 15h 6m 4.97 ✔ ✔ 75
Rainy Pass S 3/14 21:09:00 9 3/14 21:18:00 9 0h 9m 4h 19m 8.11 ✔ ✔ 35
Finger Lake S 3/15 04:16:00 9 3/15 04:23:00 9 0h 7m 6h 58m 4.31 ✔ ✔ 30
Skwentna S 3/15 09:43:00 9 3/15 18:20:00 9 8h 37m 5h 20m 7.50 ✔ ✔ 40
Deshka Landing S 3/16 02:29:29 9 8h 9m 8.22 ✔ ✔ 67