Iditarod Update – Race Day 14 Late Night
This is the status for the field as the race winds down:
Finished in Nome since this morning
61 Joe Runyan (83) [New Mexico]
62 Dries Jacobs (65)r [Belgium]
63 Rich Corcoran (84)r
64 Laura Daugereau (29)r [Washington]
65 Jake Berkowitz (43)r [Michigan]
On the trail out of White Mountain
66 Kirk Barnum (31)r [Montana]
67 Anne Capistrant (88)r
68 Eric Rogers (25)
In White Mountain for the mandatory 8-hour rest stop
69 Sue Allen (27)
70 Gene Smith (53)r [Washington]
71 Wayne Curtis (22)
72 Richard Savoyski (90)r
73 Trent Herbst (85)
74 Sue Morgan (72)r [Utah]
75 Heather Siirtola (47)
On the trail out of Elim
76 Michael Suprenant (46)r
77 Martin Koenig (96)r [Montana]
Still in Elim
78 Molly Yazwinski (62)r
79 Liz Parrish (75)r [Oregon]
80 Deborah Bicknell (21)r
Joe Runyon came out of retirement to act as Rachael Scdoris’s “guide” and then starting hitting 9 mph speeds after Rachael scratched. He obviously hasn’t forgotten how to run the race.
At this point people tend to cluster, to be sure no one gets left behind. Now the point is to finish and at least get the belt buckle.
r – Iditarod rookie
2 comments
9 mph! impressive.
Between the point where Rachael scratched and Nome, he passed 5 teams. His time from the last check point in Safety and Nome was under three hours, better than most of the top 10 teams. He was really cruising with 14 dogs.
Next year that team will be run by their owner, Tim Osmar, who hadn’t recovered from a broken ankle by the start of this year’s race. They are a great group of dogs, to go like that at the end of the race for a new musher. Joe was running as a favor to Tim.