After resting in Galena just 19 minutes, Aaron Burmeister headed north on the long push toward Huslia early Thursday morning in the lead of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Aaron Burmeister was the first musher out of Galena before dawn on Thursday, leading the front-runners towards Huslia. Bob Hallinen
His 6:26 a.m. departure came just hours after four-time champion Jeff King completed a 50-mile run from Ruby in seven hours, reaching Galena at 4:37 a.m. Thursday in first place.
At that point, King -- who has taken his mandatory eight-hour rest -- was trailed by Aliy Zirkle and Burmeister, who have not. Martin Buser, who also has his eight-hour rest behind him, was running in fourth place. Zirkle of Two Rivers reached Galena at 5:54 a.m.
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
12 March 2015
Iditarod Update, 3/12/15
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3 comments:
Your thoughts, please - on the required rest. Is that for the dogs? If so - I support it whole-heartedly.
Cathy, it's for the benefit of all concerned ... the dogs and their mushers. Frankly, the dogs come out of the race doing better than the humans, who exhaust themselves trying to keep up with the canines. :)
Rev. Paul,
I'm happy to hear there's a mandatory 8 hour rest.
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