The leaders have finally finished the grueling Iditarod! Bringing home the trophy was Dallas Seavey, with a total race time of 8 days, 13 hours, 4 minutes and 19 seconds.

Ally Zirkle trailed by less than 3 minutes, finishing at 8 days, 13 hours, 6 minutes, 41 seconds.

Mitch Seavey finished 3rd, about three-and-a-half hours behind the top two. He was followed by Joar Leifseth Ulsom and Sonny Lindner.

45 mushers remained on the trail as of 3:15 this afternoon, Alaska time.

Congratulations to all who make it through this incredible trial of man and dogs vs. mother nature.

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!

There’s been a shake-up on the leader board as Jeff King has now moved past Aliy Zirkle and into the lead.
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Today’s race standings:

In 1st place, leaving the checkpoint at Shaktoolik at 7:12 this morning: Aliy Zirkle.

The rest of the leader board is still in Shaktoolik, with arrival times this morning as noted below:

Jeff King: 4:46
Martin Buser: 5:27
Sonny Lindner: 5:53
Dallas Seavey: 7:07

Last year’s winner, Mitch Seavey left Unalakleet at 1:39 this morning and is headed for Shaktoolik.

Nicolas Petit, who was in the top five yesterday, has scratched. He had reported some problems with his sled way back at Nickolai on March 4th, but repaired it enough to make it to about 11 miles outside Unalakleet. According to blogger Joe Runyan, After having been pummeled on the trail, banged his knees, watched his $2000 sled trashed by an unmerciful trail, and leaped over tundra tussocks standing to his waist, Nicolas was in the mood for a focused 15 minute rant about the difficult and obstinate trail. He was quick to point out that the trail was good for DOGS, just not humans.

Petit scratched at 6:45 Saturday evening, saying that his team was fatigued and that he felt it was best that he call it a race and try again next year.

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Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!