Hi Boys and Girls,

Five more teams have crossed the finish line in Nome.  There are 6 more teams that should be in this morning.  There are a couple of mini races going on.  One to watch is the race for Rookie of the year.  Nathan Schroeder and Abbe West are 6 minutes apart and resting in White Mountain.  Watch for their finish later today.

Today’s update

DATE:  March 12, 2014

TIME:  1:30

FINISHERS:

6.  Martin Buser                9 days  0 hours 58 minutes 58 seconds

7.  Jessie Royer                9 days  4 hours  3  minutes 25 seconds

8.  Ray Redington Jr         9 days  4 hours 11 minutes 10 seconds    

9.  Hans Gatt                     9 days  4 hours 40 minutes  25 seconds

10. Aaron Burnmeister      9 days  5 hours 46 minutes 14 seconds

 NEXT 5:

11. Mike Williams Jr.

12. Ken Anderson

13. Peter Kaiser

14. Richie Diehl

15. Matt Failor

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS:  Mike has left Safety, Mike, Ken, Peter, Richie, Matt and John Baker have left White Mountain, 6 teams are resting in White Mountain, 3 teams have left Elim. 7 teams are out of Koyuk. 5 teams are in Koyuk, There are 5 teams are out of Shaktoolik,  1 team has left Unalakleet, 4 teams are in Unalakleet, 3 teams have left Kaltag.

RED LANTERN POSITION: Elliot Anderson who has left Kaltag.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Nathan Schroeder is in 18^th position and resting in White Mountain.  Abbe West came in 6 minutes behind Nathan and is in 19^th position. 

WEATHER:   The weather in Safety and Nome is -1 degrees and cloudy. The weather in White Mountain is -6 degrees and it’s lightly snowing. The weather in Elim is 0 degrees with light snow, The weather in Koyuk is -2 degrees, The weather in Shaktoolik is  0 degrees and is lightly snowing, The weather in Unalakleet is 5 degrees,

SCRATCHED:  No one

Let’s cheer on all the teams left on the trail. 

Until tonight

Gypsy