{"id":36636,"date":"2020-03-13T10:33:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T18:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huskyhomestead.com\/?p=36636"},"modified":"2020-03-13T14:04:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:04:12","slug":"iditarod-2020-race-day-4-5-half-way-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huskyhomestead.com\/iditarod-2020-race-day-4-5-half-way-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Iditarod 2020: Race Days 4 &#038; 5 &#8211; Halfway There!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After leaving Nikolai early Wednesday morning, Sean ran for about 8.5 hours through the McGrath checkpoint, and on to Takotna.\u00a0 There, he camped out for 24h 27m, fulfilling the mandatory 24-hour checkpoint layover requirement.\u00a0 After a very restful day and a half, the team headed back out on the trail late Thursday afternoon recharged and ready to rock!<\/p>\n<p>Just before 10:19 am this morning, the team made it to Cripple checkpoint, which is considered the official halfway point for the race. WE&#8217;RE HALFWAY THERE!!! Sean has been very consistent throughout the entire race, which is great for the dogs. He&#8217;s stayed in the middle of the pack at a pace that is easy for the dogs to maintain for 1000 miles. Good job, Sean!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>JERRY Update!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Jerry was the dog dropped from the team in Finger Lake.\u00a0 Word on the street is that he got into a little tiff with another dog and needed one suture under his left armpit.\u00a0 It was sore for a day, but he got to spend some time being doted on by the wonderful veterinarians and dog handlers volunteering for the Iditarod Return Dog program.\u00a0 We&#8217;re confident that he LOVED all the attention!\u00a0 Yesterday Jerry caught a flight with the Iditarod Air Force, who transported him back to Anchorage where he was then evaluated by another veterinarian.\u00a0 He&#8217;s back to acting like nothing ever happened, and was passed off as happy, healthy, and ready to go home.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry was then picked up by our friends, the Badalich family, who took him home to stay with their pack (many from Husky Homestead!) until we can find him a ride back up to Denali.\u00a0 It sounds like they think he&#8217;s just wonderful and that they&#8217;ve fallen in love with him already.\u00a0 We know he&#8217;s in good hands!\u00a0 They sent us some photos of him at their house that we wanted to share with you.\u00a0 He looks so happy!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36643\" src=\"https:\/\/huskyhomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jerry1-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36642\" src=\"https:\/\/huskyhomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jerry-5-1-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36644\" src=\"https:\/\/huskyhomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jerry2-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36646\" src=\"https:\/\/huskyhomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jerry4-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Other Race News<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Jessie Royer is currently running in the lead.\u00a0 She was the first to reach Ruby, and is now resting there with 8 other mushers.\u00a0 With the race only half-way through, we&#8217;re still at the point where anything can happen!<\/li>\n<li>From<a href=\"https:\/\/iditarod.com\/367289-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Iditarod.com<\/a>, &#8220;Veteran Iditarod musher Jeremy Keller (bib #47) of Knik, Alaska, scratched at 3:05 p.m. today (3\/12\/2020) at the Nikolai checkpoint. Due to current events, Keller has made the difficult decision to scratch as he wants to be home with his friends and family during this stressful time. <strong>Keller is currently mushing his team back to Willow<\/strong>, and his GPS tracker will remain live so that the Iditarod can ensure a safe journey for him as he heads home. Keller had 12 dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktuu.com\/content\/news\/City-of-Nome-cancels-events-due-to-COVID-19-concerns-Iditarod-events-also-postponed-568756681.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Nome cancelled<\/a> all city-sponsored Iditarod events such as the Lonnie O&#8217;Connor Basketball Tournament, the arts and craft show, and anything at the city&#8217;s cultural center, the <a href=\"https:\/\/iditarod.com\/iditarod-to-postpone-events-in-nome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iditarod Trail Committee made the decision to postpone<\/a> their musher banquet and the musher meet-and-greet.\u00a0 Decisions were put in place to make sure visitors and residents in Nome are safe and healthy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After leaving Nikolai early Wednesday morning, Sean ran for about 8.5 hours through the McGrath checkpoint, and on to Takotna.\u00a0 There, he camped out for 24h 27m, fulfilling the mandatory 24-hour checkpoint layover requirement.\u00a0 After a very restful day and a half, the team headed back out on the trail late Thursday afternoon recharged and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Iditarod 2020: Race Days 4 &amp; 5 - Halfway There! 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