Hi Boys and Girls,

Top of the day to you!  I’ve heard that’s what you say on St. Patrick’s day.  Well we have 30 mushers in Nome and 17 out on the trail.  I hope you are watching the mushers still to cross the finish line. Today’s update:

TIME: 12:24 Alaskan time.

FINISHERS SINCE LAST UPDATE: #18 Martin Buser, #19 Robert Nelson, #20 Rich Swenson, #21 Cim Smith, #22 Matt Hayashida, #23 Bruce Linton, #24 Allen Moore, #25 Trent Herbst, #26 Kelley Griffin, #27 Ed Stielstra,  #28 Nicolas Petit, #29 Kristy Berington, #30 Kelley Maixner.

NEXT 5: Laclan Clark out of Safety, Jodi Bailey out of White Mountain, Magnus Kaltenborn in White Mountain, Cain Carter, and Paul Johnson, out of Elim.

RED LANTERN POSITION: Ellen Halverson out of Unalakleet.

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: They are between Nome and close to Shaktoolik.

WEATHER: Nome 12 degrees and partly cloudy, White Mountain is 0 degrees and clear, Elim and Koyuk are at 16 degrees and clear,

SCRATCHED: Karin Hendrickson scratched in White Mountain and based her decision on the best interest of her dogs.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What musher is the rookie of the year given to?  Who do you think will win the award this year?

The Rookie of the Year is given to the first rookie to cross the finish line in Nome.  This year the award will go to Nicolas Petit who arrived in Nome today in the 28^th position.

Remember the race is NOT over yet.  There are still 17 mushers out on the Trail.  So let’s cheer them on!

Until tomorrow,

Gypsy