Pete and Richie on the Road! Mike Jr. Makes Epic Run!

mikejr

After 14 hours in Elim, Pete and Richie are back on the Trail. A long hard night of weather is improving luckily. The trail will also be much easier to deal with considering that it is now daylight.

The run of the night, in my book, was the EPIC run of Mike Williams Jr. He took off out of Elim when many Teams, including Pete and Richie, had decided to wait it out.

“Kitaki” (Yup’ik for Let’s GO!)

I can just imagine the thought process– Mike takes a look at the weather and the ice and thinks, “Just Like Akiak or Whitefish Lake.” Mike has been training on very similar conditions (And the wind knows how to blow in Bethel!)

As we saw this morning with Jeff King, lady luck can be the leader of the team at any moment. In Mikes case, Lady Luck led him through Golovin Bay by the weather improving where it had been so severe to the mushers in front of him.

Mike Jr. is now running in 11th position and is now taking his 8 hour mandatory layover.

Considering all of the layovers and delays, I am guestimating Mike Jr. arriving between 1 and 3 this morning. Pete and Richie, having left Elim at 9:09 am, I am guestimating a Finish between 10 and Noon tomorrow.

whitemtn

Mushing Weather for Today, It looks like the party is not over! Visibility isn’t great, but not bad.

INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN
855 AM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...STRONG LOCAL GUSTS EAST OF NOME TODAY...

.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO
2 INCHES. HIGHS ZERO TO 10 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. EAST
OF NOME...LOCAL GUSTS 45 MPH WITH LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW.
.TONIGHT...CLOUDY. FLURRIES. LOWS ZERO TO 10 BELOW. NORTH WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH.
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