Hi Boys and Girls,

What a day! I hope you were able to watch the finish on Insider.  Dallas Seavey became the winner of Iditarod 42 and he didn’t even realize he was in the lead.  Congratulations to Dallas!!! Aliy Zirkle was 2 minutes behind him and placed second.  It just doesn’t get too much more exciting than that! Jeff King, Kelly Maxiner and Hugh Neff all scratched today.  It just has been a day full of surprises.

Remember to continue to watch as the rest of the teams make it to Nome.

Today’s update:

DATE:  March 11, 2014

TIME:  14:35

FINISHERS:

1.  Dallas Seavey          8 days 13 hours  4 minutes and 19 seconds

2.  Aliy Zirkle                  8 days 13 hours  6 minutes and 41 seconds

3.  Mitch Seavey            8 days 16 hours 39 minutes and 40 seconds

4.  Joar Leifseth Ulsom  8 days 19 hours   1 minute   and  1 second

5.  Sonny Lindner           8 days 20 hours  50 minutes and 49 seconds

LEADERS:

6.  Martin Buser

7.  Jessie Royer

8.  Aaron Burmeister

9.  Hans Gatt

10. Ray Redington Jr.

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS:  Martin has left Safety, Jessie, Aaron, Hans and Ray have left White Mountain, 3 teams are resting in White Mountain, 8 teams have left Elim. 4 teams are out of Koyuk. There are 12 teams out of Shaktoolik, 3 teams are in Shaktoolik, 2 teams have left Unalakleet, 8 teams have left Kaltag.  Have you noticed how many teams are out on the trail?

RED LANTERN POSITION: Elliot Anderson who has left Kaltag.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Abbe West who is currently in 19^th position and is out of Elim. Rookie Nathan Schroeder is right behnd her in 20^th position.

WEATHER:   The weather in Safety and Nome is 2 degrees and cloudy. The weather in White Mountain is 0 degrees and it’s lightly snowing. The weather in Elim is 7 degrees with light snow, The weather in Koyuk is 3 degrees, The weather in Shaktoolik is  degrees and is lightly snowing and windy, The weather in Unalakleet is 7 degrees,

SCRATCHED: Hugh Neff scratched on the trail to White Mountain. Neff indicated to Race Officials that his team was having difficulty traveling well on Golovin Bay.

Stay tuned for the rest of the race.  Remember the race isn’t over until the last teams crosses the finish line in Nome. 

Until morning

Gypsy