Iditarod – Race Day 10: Next up, Elim!

Jeff has been making some nice night runs!  When we signed off last night Jeff had departed Shaktoolik at 21:12 with his team of 13, and was headed to Koyuk.  While we were snoozing Jeff made that run in 7 hours 40 minutes, posting the 2nd fastest run time for that...

Iditarod – Race Day 9 – On the Coast!

It’s Monday Race Fans, and we’re somehow already on Race Day 9! When we left you yesterday, Jeff was on his way to Kaltag.  He arrived at 13:06, stayed for 5 hr 46 minutes and then hit the trail to Unalakleet – heading for the Bering Sea coast!  We...

Iditarod – Race Day 8 – Eagle Island to Kaltag

What’s the word on the Yukon?  Wet.  Teams had a wintry mix of rain and snow back in Anvik, and the wet snow has continued along with lots of overflow on the trail.  An update from Sebastian Schnuelle via his Iditarod Blog “The Armchair Musher” last...

Iditarod – Race Day 7: 8 hour complete!

Just before we called it a night last night, Jeff and the team had arrived in Anvik at 21:40.  Not knowing for sure where he would take his 8 hour mandatory along the Yukon River, we see that he completed his 8 hour rest there, and departed at 6:35 this morning.  He...

Iditrod – Race Day 6: on to Shageluk!

Jeff and the team arrived into the checkpoint of Iditarod at 01:01 this morning after posting a nice run time from Ophir of about 10 hr 30 min (after subtracting his rest time on the trail of 4 hr 45 min).  Jeff’s posting some fast run times, that’s for...

Iditarod – Race Day 5: On the Trail Again..

Jeff and the team spent 25 hours in Takotna on their 24-hour mandatory rest.  We were up this am hoping to see them depart, but alas… no luck.  Communication in remote Alaska can be affected by many things and the Iditarod live stream was ‘stuck’ for...