Iditarod 2019 – Day 9
[[!!Don’t forget the time change!!]]
Cindy Abbott has scratched at Iditarod. I’m not surprised as she has been taking longer rest stops and slowing. Cindy has climbed Mount Everest and completed the Iditarod. During one race she went 600 miles with a broken pelvis because she lives with the pain of Wegener’s Granulomatosis 24/7 and thought the pain was part of her condition. She continues until she doesn’t believe she can take adequate care of her team.
Standings at 8:30PM CDT:
Beyond Unalakleet
1 Nicolas Petit (20)
2 Peter Kaiser (9)
3 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (28)
4 Jessie Royer (14)
Beyond Kaltag
5 Mitch Seavey (32)
6 Matt Hall (3)
7 Jessie Holmes (5)
8 Aliy Zirkle (19)
9 Matthew Failor (17)
10 Paige Drobny (40)
11 Ryan Redington (22)
12 Aaron Burmeister (38)
13 Mats Pettersson (4)
14 Travis Beals (51)
15 Richie Diehl (29)
16 Linwood Fiedler (15)
17 Ramey Smyth (6)
At Kaltag
18 Kristy Berington (26)
19 Michi Konno (43)
20 Anna Berington (10)
21 Jeff King (23)
22 Lev Shvarts (13)
23 Wade Marrs (36)
24 Lance Mackey (44)
25 Brett Bruggeman (35)
26 Seth Barnes (45)
27 Aaron Peck (47)
28 Charley Bejna (31)
29 Richie Beattie (50)Q
Beyond Eagle Island
30 Jason Campeau (12)
31 Jeff Deeter (25)
32 Martin Buser (21)
33 Robert Redington (34)
34 Ed Hopkins (33)Q
At Eagle Island
35 Sarah Stokey (52)
36 Jessica Klejka (24)R
Beyond Grayling
37 Martin Apayauq Reitan (39)Q
38 Niklas Wikstrand (42)R
39 Ryan Santiago (49)R
40 Sebastien Dos Santos Borges (46)Q
41 Blair Braverman (11)R
At Grayling
42 Anja Radano (2)
43 Kristin Bacon (8)
44 Michael Baker (41)
Beyond Anvik
45 Alison Lifka (37)R
Beyond Shageluk
46 Jeremy Keller (48)
47 Cindy Gallea (53)
48 Victoria Hardwick (30)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.
This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.
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