Good morning race fans! It was a close one last night and a nail biter at Kaiser Racing HQ.
As all eyes were glued to the tracker Pete and the Team saw a 21 minute lead steadily decrease over the miles between Kalskag and Tuluksak. Pete could see Matt Failor as we all could slowly gain ground mile by mile. In the end Pete narrowly arrived ahead of Matt with an 8 minute lead going into the Tuluksak checkpoint and a four hour rest and veterinary check.
Pete arrived into Tuluksak at 3:39am with an elapsed trail time from Kalskag of 5hrs 35 min. Matt arrived at 3:47am with an elapsed time of 5hrs 22 min.
It’s going to be a close one for Team Kaiser and one of the most exciting races in a long time!
Pete is prepping to leave right now and can return to the trail at 7:39am. Let’s hope he got some coffee for the early morning run into Bethel and the Finish Line.
Go Team Kaiser!!
(Editor’s note- Originally had written as 12 minute lead. My hardly open eyes can’t do math when the brain isn’t fully going- haha) 8 minute lead