Iditarod 2011 – Day 5
About a third of the field took their 24-hour layover in Takotna and are back in the race. The top three are going for the Dorothy G. Page Award for the first team to the halfway point, Iditarod this year, and the $3,000 in gold nuggets before taking their “day off”. It would be nice to see Trent win it, after years of slogging along in the back of the pack, especially since he’s a school teacher.
[Update: He did it. Trent Herbst was first into Iditarod! A teacher wins one. His class in Ketchum, Idaho will be celebrating.]
Kelley and Lance are both down to 10 dogs with half the race to go.
Mitch Seavey (28) was withdrawn by race officials at Ophir after severely injuring his hand while slicing open a hay bale to provide bedding for his dogs. He was running 15th at the time.
Beyond Iditarod
1 Sebastian Schnuelle (31)
At Iditarod
2 Trent Herbst (4)
3 Kelley Griffin (20)
4 Martin Buser (11)
5 Hugh Neff (35)
6 Cim Smyth (59)
7 Lance Mackey (17)
8 Michael Williams, Jr. (41)
9 John Baker (53)
10 Hans Gatt (23) [Read more →]
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