Current Standings

As you know the winner of the Iditarod is in the history books already.  Mitch Seavey won his 2nd Itidarod title last night with a time of 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes, and 56 seconds.  Mitch received a check for $50,400 (which he promptly turned over to his wife) and the keys to a shiny new Dodge pickup.

Which of the Gresham employees had chosen Mitch Seavey as their musher?  Jeannette Johnson from OGM!  Jeannette wins a gift certifcate to the coffee place of her choice.  And, since we had a side bet about whose musher would come in first as Mitch and Aliy battled the last 77 miles, lunch on me.

But just because the first mushers have finished, the race is by no means over.  There are only 17 teams in to Nome, leaving 39 more teams out on the trail.  For many mushers, coming in first is not their goal.  They run for the love of the dogs, to prove something to themselves, or to fulfill a dream.  In my mind anyone that even starts this race is a winner.  It's too bad that we really only give a nod to the first few guys to the finish line, because there is still so much racing going on.  The current Red Lantern carrier is Cindy Abbot (again) and she left the Eagle Island checkpoint last night at 6:45.  Eagle Island is still about 400 miles from Nome.

Here is the current list of finished mushers:

As of March 13, 2013 11:19:27

Finished

Pos	Musher	Bib	Checkpoint	Time In	Dogs In	Days	Hours	Minutes	Seconds	Average Speed	Time Enroute	Previous		Insights
												Checkpoint	Time Out
1	Mitch Seavey	36	Nome	3/12 22:39:56	10	9	7	39	56	4.41	3h 2m	Safety	3/12 19:37:00
2	Aliy Zirkle	27	Nome	3/12 23:03:35	10	9	8	3	35	4.41	3h 1m	Safety	3/12 20:02:00
3	Jeff King	18	Nome	3/13 00:21:56	11	9	9	21	56	4.38	2h 45m	Safety	3/12 21:36:00
4	Dallas Seavey	19	Nome	3/13 01:20:51	7	9	10	20	51	4.36	2h 42m	Safety	3/12 22:38:00
5	Ray Redington Jr	52	Nome	3/13 02:04:54	9	9	11	4	54	4.35	2h 56m	Safety	3/12 23:08:00
6	Nicolas Petit	16	Nome	3/13 02:39:13	10	9	11	39	13	4.34	2h 55m	Safety	3/12 23:44:00
7	Joar Leifseth Ulsom (r)	32	Nome	3/13 03:34:00	10	9	12	34	0	4.32	2h 48m	Safety	3/13 00:46:00
8	Jake Berkowitz	44	Nome	3/13 03:34:16	15	9	12	34	16	4.32	2h 49m	Safety	3/13 00:45:00
9	Sonny Lindner	67	Nome	3/13 04:11:02	9	9	13	11	2	4.31	3h 4m	Safety	3/13 01:07:00
10	DeeDee Jonrowe	28	Nome	3/13 04:24:39	10	9	13	24	39	4.30	2h 59m	Safety	3/13 01:25:00
11	Aaron Burmeister	24	Nome	3/13 05:19:02	9	9	14	19	2	4.29	3h 33m	Safety	3/13 01:46:00
12	Ken Anderson	6	Nome	3/13 07:09:20	11	9	16	9	20	4.25	2h 49m	Safety	3/13 04:20:00
13	Peter Kaiser	10	Nome	3/13 08:36:34	9	9	17	36	34	4.23	3h 5m	Safety	3/13 05:31:00
14	Josh Cadzow (r)	55	Nome	3/13 09:07:37	8	9	18	7	37	4.22	2h 36m	Safety	3/13 06:31:00
15	Cim Smyth	51	Nome	3/13 10:08:22	11	9	19	8	22	4.20	2h 32m	Safety	3/13 07:36:00
16	Paul Gebhardt	11	Nome	3/13 10:09:32	9	9	19	9	32	4.20	3h 8m	Safety	3/13 07:01:00
17	Martin Buser	2	Nome	3/13 11:01:33	11	9	20	1	33	4.18	3h 13m	Safety	3/13 07:48:00