Happy St. Patrick's Day race fans! Kristy and Anna arrived with their dog teams back at Deshka Landing Tuesday night, March 16th, not long after 7pm Alaska time. After 9 days, 4 hours, and 3 minutes, Kristy, in Bib 4, finished in 22nd place, successfully finishing her eleventh Iditarod! She had 9 dogs in front of her sled. Anna pulled in 10 minutes later in Bib 13 earning 24th place after 9 days, 4 hours, and 13 minutes on the trail. She also had 9 great looking pups in front of her sled. This made for Anna's ninth successful Iditarod finish. Congratulations, ladies and your pups!!
Rookie Chad Stoddard snuck in between the twins to finish in 23rd place and also claimed Rookie of the Year by being the first rookie in this year's squad of eleven to cross the finish line. Twenty-eight mushers were into the finish by 7:07am Wednesday, eight are still out on the trail (including six rookies), and our scratched list still has ten names.
I did catch the live feed of the twins at the finish, and both they and their dogs looked great! If you missed it (despite my close but ultimately accurate prediction), there is a video posted to Iditarod.com. And worse case scenario, below are some screen shots.
I'm sure it was a pleasant change of pace to be so close to home upon arriving at the finish, their own beds and dog houses only miles (by truck!) away. Once they have a chance to catch their breath and rest up a bit, I hopefully will be back with some post-race highlights direct from the twins.
Regardless, I'll keep the blog open, as has been my tradition, until the final team arrives safely at the finish.
Rookie Chad Stoddard snuck in between the twins to finish in 23rd place and also claimed Rookie of the Year by being the first rookie in this year's squad of eleven to cross the finish line. Twenty-eight mushers were into the finish by 7:07am Wednesday, eight are still out on the trail (including six rookies), and our scratched list still has ten names.
I did catch the live feed of the twins at the finish, and both they and their dogs looked great! If you missed it (despite my close but ultimately accurate prediction), there is a video posted to Iditarod.com. And worse case scenario, below are some screen shots.
I'm sure it was a pleasant change of pace to be so close to home upon arriving at the finish, their own beds and dog houses only miles (by truck!) away. Once they have a chance to catch their breath and rest up a bit, I hopefully will be back with some post-race highlights direct from the twins.
Regardless, I'll keep the blog open, as has been my tradition, until the final team arrives safely at the finish.
