March 10 Update- Early Edition

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Date: March 10, 2014 12:58 am

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Hi Boys and Girls,

Jeff King arrived into Elim 20 seconds before Aliy Zirkle.  This race is really heating up!  By all predictions, we should have a winner early tomorrow morning.  Can you believe that?  Just remember that even when we have a winner, the race is not over.  There are 40+ mushers that will still be out on the trail.

Today’s update:

DATE:  March 10, 2014

TIME:  00:32

LEADERS:

1.Jeff King

2.Aliy Zirkle

3.Martin Buser

4.Dallas Seavey

5.Sonny Lindner

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS:  Jeff and Aliy are both into Elim, Martin, Dallas, Sonny and Mitch are all out of Koyuk. There are 2 teams in Koyuk. Their are 7 teams out of Shaktoolik, 6 teams are in Shaktoolik, 5 teams have left Unalakleet, 5 teams are in Unalakleet, 11 teams have left Kaltag, 3 teams are in Kaltag,  2 teams are out of Galena, 5 teams are in Galena, 1 teams is out of Ruby,

RED LANTERN POSITION: Elliot Anderson who has left Ruby.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Abbe West who is currently in 20th position and is in Shaktoolik.

WEATHER:   The weather in Elim is 0 degrees and fair, The weather in Koyuk is -6, The weather in Shaktoolik is -5 degrees and is fair and windy, The weather in Unalakleet is 0 degrees, The weather in Kaltag is 2 degrees and fair. TheGalena is -4 degrees and fair.

SCRATCHED: No one!

AWARD:

QUESTION OF THE DAY: The mushers will be in White Mountain shortly.  There they will take their last mandatory rest.  Why is there a mandatory rest so close to the finish line in Nome?

Answer to yesterdays question: What is a rookie?

A rookie is a person who is doing something for the first time. In the Iditarod, a rookie musher is either someone who is running the race for the first time or someone who has started the race in the past but did not finish the race.  Every year there is an award given to the rookie who finishes before all the other rookies.  I will be listing who is in that position in my updates. 

Well boys and girls, I hope you are able to check the race updates often today.  The first  6 mushers are so close to each other.  It’s going to be an exciting race all the way to the finish. 

Study hard and see you tonight!

Gypsy