idita-finish

0Josh • 15th Mar 2005 • blog entries, Iditarod, nome.

Alrighty Folks, I’m back in Nome and the Race is on!

As of Late Tuesday Evening

As of this update, Robert Sorlie has left White Mountain at 8:59, after his eight hour layover and I’m sure is pushing his team hard all the way to Nome. Behind Sorlie, set to leave at 10:50 is Ed Iten, at 10:56 is Mitch Seavey. Ramey Brooks will leave at 11:23, John Baker at 11:36, and Bjornar Anderson at 11:49.

As you can see the times in the top 6 are pretty close, especially within the top 3. The piece of information worth noting is that Sorlie only has 8 dogs, and it took him 8 hours and 45 minutes to get to White Mountain from his last checkpoint. On the other hand, Ed Iten has 11 dogs and it took him 7 hours to get there, Mitch Seavey has 11 dogs, and it took him 7 hours 30 minutes to get from Elim to White Mountian. Robert is slowing down, and the others are speeding up. You could see three very close finishes tomorrow morning, and Sorlie won’t necessarily be on the winning side.

I’ll be downtown Nome all morning at the race finish brining Nome the finish.

Check me out, I’ll be on the KICY scaffolding, and you can view it on the (webcam).

I’ve got some great Iditarod memorabilia I’ll send out to you for the first few people who can email me good shots off the webcam of me broadcasting the finish.