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Iditarod Day 5: Aliy Zirkle reaches Iditarod, as mushers race from Ophir |
checkpoint, the race's official halfway marker, on Thursday morning.
Iditarod standings show she checked in to Iditarod just after 1:30 a.m. on March 7.
Zirkle was also the first to leave out of Ophir on Wednesday, but now several other
mushers have since departed, and are now heading to Iditarod themselves.
mushers have since departed, and are now heading to Iditarod themselves.
In the lead on the trail in second place is Iditarod legend Martin Buser, who left out of
Ophir at 6:23 p.m.
Ophir at 6:23 p.m.
Behind him is 2018 race champion, Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Jessie Royer, and Nic Petit.
Though Zirkle is in the lead, followed by Buser, neither of the two mushers have taken
their mandatory 24 hour layover.
their mandatory 24 hour layover.
Current race standings on the Iditarod website show Ulsom, Royer, Petit, Pete Kaiser,
Richie Diehl, Ryan Redington, Mitch Seavey, Matthew Failor have completed their
24 hour layover.
Richie Diehl, Ryan Redington, Mitch Seavey, Matthew Failor have completed their
24 hour layover.
6 comments:
Ooh. Not good for her... :-/
That doesn't necessarily mean anything, Linda. The racers are playing a chess game at this point, and calculating the best way to maximize any advantage. Assume this is part of her plan.
Fascinating. I do not think I recall the mandatory 24 hour rest.
FYI time. :) Mushers are required to take 3 mandatory rests during the race. The first one is a 24 hour stop. It can be taken wherever the musher feels would be the best for the dogs. There are also two 8 hours layovers at certain points. It's been part of the race for years.
Getting interesting... One wonders what she's planning.
NFO, the usual reasoning for taking the long rest earlier in the race is hoping that the others will get tired because they didn't stop yet. Then the one who did can run on past them while they sleep, later on.
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