Day 5- The Day Ahead

Once Pete completes his 24 hours layover (24 hours and 10 minutes with the differential) he will return to the trail that will take him north bound for the halfway point of Cripple and the Yukon River. Dallas Seavey and John Baker battled it out for the half-way prize early this morning with Seavy winning the $3000 in gold. GPS Shows them back on the trail to Ruby. The front runners are headed for Ruby, but haven’t taken their 24 hour yet.

We’ll see how this strategy pays out. Many mushers are taking layovers just before the half-way point, but others are moving past the half-way point. We have seen this before, but I don’t remember this many. It is still to early to see who is really leading the race, but my bet is that the group leaving with King, Neff, Seavy (Mitch), and Schnuelle is the group to watch.

Pete will be able to return to the trail just after noon today. (The mushers that left early in the starting order actually get a couple hours extra rest in addition to being first out of the starting gate as the differential is added to the layover)

Weather for Today:

UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
353 AM AKST THU MAR 11 2010
.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES. HIGHS ZERO TO 10 BELOW.
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. FLURRIES IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND
25 BELOW. LIGHT WINDS.

LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
353 AM AKST THU MAR 11 2010
.TODAY...CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AND FLURRIES IN THE MORNING. HIGHS
AROUND ZERO. LIGHT WINDS.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. FLURRIES IN THE EVENING. LOWS 15 BELOW
TO 25 BELOW ZERO. LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY...CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. LIGHT
WINDS.
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