Race Standings – Top 5 Mushers
| 1 | Mitch Seavey Bib 16 | OUT OF Kaltag AT 03-12 04:40 |
| 2 | Dallas Seavey Bib 18 | OUT OF Kaltag AT 03-12 04:45 |
| 3 | Wade Marrs Bib 29 | OUT OF Kaltag AT 03-12 05:28 |
| 4 | Nicolas Petit Bib 24 | OUT OF Kaltag AT 03-12 06:35 |
| 5 | Joar Leifseth Ulsom Bib 38 | OUT OF Kaltag AT 03-12 06:50 |
Note: Aliy Zirkle, a favorite here, is in 6th place, approx. 4 1/2 hours behind the leader.
The race is on. Iditarod frontrunner Mitch Seavey left Kaltag (Mile 633) just five minutes ahead of his son, defending champ Dallas, at 4:40 a.m. today.
From Kaltag, the racers are traveling 85 miles to Unalakleet, a welcoming, large village where the checkpoint hall is a former Post Office that always smells of frying bacon.
From Kaltag, the racers are traveling 85 miles to Unalakleet, a welcoming, large village where the checkpoint hall is a former Post Office that always smells of frying bacon.
4 comments:
Those Seavey's seem to be a pretty tough, resourceful family.
These things tend to go in streaks - a racer will win several times in a half-dozen years, and then never win again. But they're red hot right now.
What a fascinating pieced of trivia about the checkpoint hall. Myself, I love the smell of frying bacon.
It's a great incentive to keep the mushers moving toward their town. At least, it would be for me.
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