Happy St. Patrick’s Day

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 17, 2010 at 7:51 am  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 172010
 

To those of you of Irish Descent, Or anyone that claims such:

County Down Northern Ireland for Me!

Mackey Wins!

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 16, 2010 at 3:56 pm  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 162010
 

Hans Gatt 2nd Place

Gatt at Finish Line

Man- I never thought it would happen so fast!

I was rushing home, but alas, not in time!!

Lance Mackey- First Four Time in a Row Winner NOME- IN-14:59 DOGS-11

2nd Fastest Time on Record 8 Days 23 Hrs 59 minutes 9 Seconds

For winning the Iditarod, Lance Mackey gets a new Dodge truck and $50,400.

Congratulations to a Great Champion!

No Photos from the Finish, but let’s look at last years Winning Photo:

Mackey, Gatt, and King- On the Move

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 16, 2010 at 7:22 am  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 162010
 

Set your DVR’s or keep your ears on the news. Sounds like Mackey will be in Nome today in the  afternoon.

Lance Mackey took an Exactly 8 hour layover and was on the move at 4:43am this morning. Yesterday he made the run from Elim to White Mountain at an average speed of close to 7mph. This run is a 77 mile run, but probably a snack in the middle or so. I am predicting (As if I know anything) him to be in Nome between 4 and 5:30. But a safer bet with this guy would be between 3 and 5. Those dogs know when it’s almost over!! In fact they are blazing along at over 9mph right now so stay tuned!

Schnuelle, Get your Scissors Ready!

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 15, 2010 at 9:38 pm  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 152010
 

Mackey is into White Mountain and into his mandatory 8 hour layover. He is about 2 1/2 hours in front of the second place musher and Yukon Quest winner Hans Gatt, from Whitehorse. The roles are reversed as Gatt is following Mackey into Nome. Mackey followed Gatt across the Yukon Quest finish line.

Sebastian Schnuelle and Mackey had a “hair” bet with the loser also losing his hair. Say bye bye to your hair Sebastian! And that is some Hair!

Sebastian Schnuelle

Mackey Wins Round One

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 14, 2010 at 5:32 pm  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 142010
 

2010 Excitement

[I'm not sure what's going on, but now the Iditarod website doesn't have Mackey into Shaktoolik on the Leaderboard, but on Mackey's page it does show him in and out]

Mackey- Shaktoolik – IN- 16:08 OUT- 19:00 DOGS- 12 Time- 6:20 (From UNK)
King- Shaktoolik- IN- 16:45 DOGS- 13 Time- 6:29 (From UNK)

Like Ali and Frasier, these two mushers at the front of the 2010 Iditarod are duking it out like Boxers in an All or Nothing Match. Mackey arrived in Shaktoolik 37 minutes before King. He gained a whole NINE minutes on the stretch which is a virtual tie. Someone’s got to blink, but both of these guys are locked in an epic battle. This has the makings of one of the great dueling matches of all time. Sure glad I’m here to watch it!

Shootout to Shaktoolik

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 14, 2010 at 11:01 am  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 142010
 

King and Mackey are battling it out towards Shaktoolik. Mackey took no rest and went straight to Unalakleet last night with King arriving 3 hours behind him. This morning Mackey left first with 6 hours rest and King is now out 45 minutes after him with 3 hours rest. Their times from Kaltag to Unalakleet were virtually dead even. Mackey is 4 miles in front of King at this point.

What a race!! It never seems to end with those two!!

Neither the Tracker or Standings show Pete as out yet.

Cams page has been updated to show the Unalakleet Steerable Camera at the checkpoint. Check it out!

Mackey leaves Kaltag with no Stop

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 13, 2010 at 2:20 pm  Iditarod News, Ruby to Unalakleet  Comments Off
Mar 132010
 

Jeff King reached Kaltag about 45 minutes before Lance Mackey, but Mackey has decided to stay on the trail while King rests in Kaltag. This should prove exciting. It is an interesting strategy and this might be the deal maker/breaker for both mushers.

Meanwhile back in our neck of the woods, Pete  reached Galena about 30 minutes ago.

Weather in the area is typical for this time of year when not under the influence of storm activity. Very Cold nights, but Sunny days that warm the air dramatically. Long range forecast should be fairly similar weather as the State of Alaska is under the influence of two very large air masses that are not moving. There is a low in the Gulf of Alaska, but it appears not to be causing any dramatic changes for the area short term.

Current Weather- Galena, Alaska (Airport)
Updated: 1:58 PM AKST on March 13, 2010
-5 °F Clear
Windchill:     -19 °F
Humidity:     54%
Dew Point:     -18 °F
Wind:     7 mph Variable
Pressure:     29.73 in (Steady)
Visibility:     10.0 miles

Forecast-
Tonight
Mostly clear. Lows 25 below to 35 below. Light winds. Partly Cloudy.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Highs 5 below to 5 above. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Current Iditarod Status Race Leader to Cripple:

Excitement heats up at the Front!

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 13, 2010 at 12:30 pm  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 132010
 

Jeff King is into Kaltag and hot on his heels are Lance Mackey and Hugh Neff.

King was into Kaltag at 11:42am today and Lance Mackey is about an hour behind him. Mackey left Nulato a minute ahead of Neff and the two are pretty close to each other. Neff is about 1/2 mile behind Mackey.

I’ll bet King doesn’t sleep until Nome!!!

Meanwhile, Pete is about 6 miles from Galena. I just spoke to a guy up there who is going to be at the checkpoint and send us the photos.

King- #15  Mackey- #49 Neff- #56

Live Anchorage Start Webcam

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 6, 2010 at 9:11 am  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 062010
 

Anchorage 4th Ave Start – By Borealis Broadband

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2010 Iditarod Print

 Posted by Lead Dog on March 5, 2010 at 7:29 pm  Iditarod News  Comments Off
Mar 052010
 

Jon Van Zyle 2010 Iditarod Print

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