Jessie Holmes

Bib Number: 15
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.


2025 Standings

Checkpoint
Time In
Dogs In
Time Out
Dogs Out
Rest Time
Previous
Layover
Status
Distance
Enroute Time
Speed (mph)
8hr
24hr
Fairbanks 3/03 11:26:00 16
Nenana 3/03 16:45:00 16 3/03 19:32:00 16 2h 47m 5h 19m
Manley 3/04 09:40:00 16 3/04 09:46:00 16 0h 6m 14h 8m 6.01 85
Tanana 3/04 22:35:00 16 3/04 22:59:00 16 0h 24m 12h 49m 5.07 65
Ruby 3/05 22:26:00 16 3/06 03:37:00 15 5h 11m 23h 27m 4.99 117
Galena 3/06 09:38:00 15 3/06 09:50:00 14 0h 12m 6h 1m 8.31 50
Nulato 3/06 20:15:00 14 3/06 20:21:00 14 0h 6m 10h 25m 4.90 51
Kaltag 1 3/07 00:42:00 14 3/08 01:20:00 14 24h 38m 4h 21m 8.28 ✔ 36
Eagle Island 1 3/08 11:10:00 14 3/08 11:17:00 14 0h 7m 9h 50m 7.12 ✔ 70
Grayling 1 3/08 21:53:00 14 3/08 22:07:00 14 0h 14m 10h 36m 5.28 ✔ 56
Anvik 3/09 00:34:00 14 3/09 06:56:00 14 5h 22m 2h 27m 8.57 ✔ 21
Shageluk 3/09 10:34:00 14 3/09 10:42:00 14 0h 8m 3h 38m 7.71 ✔ 28
Grayling 2 3/09 14:35:00 14 3/09 19:50:00 14 5h 15m 3h 53m 7.21 ✔ 28
Eagle Island 2 3/10 08:44:00 14 3/10 08:58:00 13 0h 14m 12h 54m 4.34 ✔ 56
Kaltag 2 3/10 21:28:00 13 3/11 05:28:00 11 8h 0m 12h 30m 5.60 ✔ ✔ 70
Unalakleet 3/11 19:03:00 11 3/11 19:15:00 11 0h 12m 13h 35m 5.96 ✔ ✔ 81
Shaktoolik 3/12 05:26:00 11 3/12 05:34:00 11 0h 8m 10h 11m 4.12 ✔ ✔ 42
Koyuk 3/12 11:31:00 11 3/12 16:37:00 11 5h 6m 5h 57m 8.40 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/12 22:52:00 11 3/13 02:22:00 11 3h 30m 6h 15m 8.00 ✔ ✔ 50
White Mountain 3/13 08:39:00 11 3/13 16:54:00 10 8h 15m 6h 17m 7.80 ✔ ✔ 49
Safety 3/13 23:45:00 10 3/13 23:47:00 10 0h 2m 6h 51m 7.15 ✔ ✔ 49
Nome 3/14 02:55:41 10 3h 8m 7.02 ✔ ✔ 22