Iditarod 2013 – Day 9
Gerry Willomitzer (21) has been withdrawn because it would take at least a day for the team to go back to Iditarod from Shageluk to take custody of the AWOL Montego, and then continue towards Nome. In addition to the time involved, two travel days, Gerry probably doesn’t have the supplies available for the additional trip.
Montego escaped on the trail after Iditarod. While Gerry was looking, he was told that Montego was in custody and would be taken to the next checkpoint. What Gerry didn’t know is that the person who found Montego was traveling South, and took the puppy back to Iditarod. Gerry continued to Shageluk expecting to find Montego there.
For everyone else, things are getting better as the temperature has finally remembered that Spring hasn’t sprung and things are still supposed to be frozen in Alaska. The original Iditarod run was because it was too cold to transport needed vaccine to Nome using anything but dog sleds.
At Elim
1 Mitch Seavey (36)
Beyond Koyuk
2 Jeff King (18)
3 Aliy Zirkle (27)
4 Ray Redington Jr (52)
5 Aaron Burmeister (24)
6 Joar Leifseth Ulson (32)R
7 Jake Berkowitz (44)
8 Dallas Seavey (19)
9 Sonny Lindner (67)
10 DeeDee Jonrowe (28)
11 Ken Anderson (6)
At Koyuk
12 Nicolas Petit (16)
13 Peter Kaiser (10)
14 Paul Gebhardt (11)
15 John Baker (13)
16 Lance Mackey (5)
17 Josh Cadzow (55)Q
18 Martin Buser (2)
Beyond Shaktoolik
19 Brent Sass (62)
20 Jessie Royer (30)
21 Cim Smyth (51)
22 Michelle Phillips (7)
At Shaktoolik
23 Michael Williams Jr (46)
24 Robert Bundtzen (23)
25 Ramey Smyth (38)
Beyond Unalakleet
26 Kelley Griffin (9)
27 Jessica Hendricks (54)
28 Curt Perano (45)
At Unalakleet
29 Matt Failor (61)
30 Linwood Fiedler (42)
31 Kelly Maixner (25)
32 Wade Marrs (57)
33 Aaron Peck (58)
34 Allen Moore (48)
35 Paige Drobny (14)Q
Beyond Kaltag
36 Justin Savidis (34)
37 Karin Hendrickson (29)
38 Jim Lanier (59)
39 Mike Ellis (50)
40 Matt Giblin (64)
41 Richie Diehl (65)R
42 Rudy Demonski Sr (39)
43 Mike Williams Sr (35)
44 Anna Berington (31)
45 Kristy Berington (20)
46 Jodi Bailey (4)
47 Jason Mackey (12)
48 Gerald Sousa (49)
49 Travis Beals (22)R
Beyond Eagle Island
50 Charley Bejna (15)R
51 Angie Taggart (40)
52 Luan Ramos Marques (47)R
53 Cindy Gallea (17)
54 Louie Ambrose (53)R
At Eagle Island
55 Mikhail Telpin (63)Q
Beyond Grayling
56 Christine Roalofs (37)R
At Grayling
57 Bob Chlupach (43)
58 James Volek (66)R
59 Jan Steves (26)
60 Cindy Abbott (60)R
The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, while italics indicates Yukon Quest winners. The numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers. The small “R” indicates a total rookie, while the small “Q” indicates an Iditarod rookie who has completed a Yukon Quest.
These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.
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4 comments
Well, at least they won’t need pontoons for their sleds now. The temperatures in your right column now look more appropriate for northern Alaska in March :).
They are going to be forced to move the races. The high temperatures are too hard on the dogs. In addition to the physical energy, the dogs generate a lot of heat when they are working, and they need temperatures below 20°F to function. A sled dog burns between 8 and 12 thousand calories a day during a race, while only using 800 to 1200 calories during the warmer months.
There has been a better than 50% increase in speed since it cooled off.
Bryan, is the regular northern route far enough “north” to make a difference in the temps? Or, are you thinking of a completely new route altogether?
I’m talking about a shift in time. The northern route would have been affected by the front that moved through, just as the southern route was. You can no longer depend on the temperatures in March being cold enough to race.