Iditarod 2015 – Day 2

The leaders are in Manley Hot Springs this morning while everyone else is on the river.

The trail is off the river to the old mail route between Manley and Tanana because of open water. Manley does have a hot spring and a temperature of -29°F, so the leaders will probably take a break.

Martin’s team is moving at almost 11mph, while Aliy’s and Lance’s teams are over 10mph. It is a very fast trail for these teams.

At Tanana
1 Martin Buser (4)
2 Hugh Neff (24)
3 Aliy Zirkle (32)
4 Aaron Burmeister (63)
5 Brent Sass (71)
6 DeeDee Jonrowe (29)
7 Nicolas Petit (12)

Beyond Manley Hot Springs
8 Peter Kaiser (54)
9 Mitch Seavey (18)
10 Jessie Royer (3)

11 Ken Anderson (36)
12 Richie Diehl (42)
13 Jodi Bailey (22)
14 Kelly Maixner (9)
15 Curt Perano (21)
16 Kristy Berington (11)
17 Ray Redington Jr (34)
18 Michelle Phillips (6)
19 John Baker (78)
20 Thomas Waerner (8)^R
21 Scott Janssen (20)
22 Dallas Seavey (46)
23 Lance Mackey (30)
24 Jeff King (59)
25 Jason Campeau (70)^Q
26 Scott Smith (69)
27 Nathan Schroeder (26)
28 Paul Gebhardt (28)
29 Rick Casillo (52)
30 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (16)

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.

This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.

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