14 March 2017

Iditarod Update #31 - For Sixth Year in a Row...

... a Seavey has just won the Iditarod.

Mitch Seavey just set a record for the fastest race ever, won by the oldest musher ever. His time was 8 days, 3 hours, 40 minutes, and 13 seconds.

His son Dallas is about 90 minutes behind, in second place.

6 comments:

LindaG said...

Congratulations to him!

And thank you, again, Reverend. God bless you and your family and have a wonderful spring and summer.

griz said...

Congratulations Mitch!
Rev. Paul, thanks for all the updates.

hobo said...

Congratulations to Mitch. Great race. And thank you, Padre, for all the updates.

Rev. Paul said...

You're all quite welcome; I'm glad you liked the info.

Toirdhealbheach Beucail said...

Thanks Reverend. That was very enjoyable. And what a run!

Rev. Paul said...

TB, I've enjoyed leading folks who had little-to-no knowledge of the race into an enjoyment of a competition that's been going on here for decades, and informally for centuries. And this year's mushers did very, very well!