Iditarod 2013 – Day 11
Mitch Seavey is the oldest musher to win the Iditarod as he crossed the finish 24 minutes ahead of Aliy. Mitch’s son, Dallas, is the youngest musher to win the Iditarod. Dallas also finished just ahead of Aliy. This is the second time Mitch has won the race.
Mitch kept a consistent pace, but Aliy just couldn’t make up the time. She made up a minute between Safety and Nome, but lost 12 minutes between White Mountain and Safety.
Update: Charley Bejna (15) scratched on the trail to Shaktoolik. He only had 7 puppies left, and wasn’t sure they could make it in.
One of the most annoying things about the Iditarod Trail Committee is that they stop reporting on the back of the back after the leaders reach Nome. Cindy Abbott (60) left Eagle Island more than 24 hours ago for the trail into Kaltag, and seemingly disappeared. She has been running decent times, so she should have arrived in 12 or 13 hours, but there is no indication that she has. Maybe her GPS is working and showing progress, but they haven’t bothered to update their standings for those in the back all day. This is not a very professional way of operating a long distance race.
Finished At Nome
1 Mitch Seavey (36)
2 Aliy Zirkle (27)
3 Jeff King (18)
4 Dallas Seavey (19)
5 Ray Redington Jr (52)
6 Nicolas Petit (16)
7 Joar Leifseth Ulson (32)R
8 Jake Berkowitz (44)
9 Sonny Lindner (67)
10 DeeDee Jonrowe (28) [Read more →]
March 13, 2013 3 Comments
