Happy St. Patrick's Day, Seeing Double Fans! And what a great way to start the day ~ celebrating Seeing Double's arrival in Nome!
After a wildly windy and icy ride, Anna pulled under the burled arch at 11:44pm Wednesday March 16th in 23rd place after 10 days, 8 hours, 44:26 minutes out on the Iditarod trail. She had eleven amazing canine athletes in front of her sled: Astro, Bolt, Chaos, Drax, Yondu, Forrest, Diego, Barb, Rizo, Dane, and Platinum. This was Anna's 10th time successfully finishing the Iditarod and her second fastest time doing so (excluding the shortened Gold Trail Loop from last year).
Kristy, of course, was only about 30 seconds behind her, coming in spot on 11:45pm in 24th place. She had six dogs in front of her sled: Moocha, Berzerker, Shadow, Bogus, Mayhem, and Rampage. Wallace also almost made it all the way, but Kristy opted to leave him with handlers in Safety as he was really getting banged around by the winds on this final stretch and seemed to be getting a little sore. He'll get a ride to the finish by race officials and will be joining his team very soon. Kristy sounded a little sore, too, as she had to pedal her butt off on the back of the sled to both combat the wind and help her smaller dog team keep up with Anna. This marks Kristy's 12th successful finish of the Iditarod and is also her second fastest time covering one of the traditional race routes.
Congratulations, Anna, Kristy, and all your dogs! On behalf of all your family, friends, and fans - we're all so very, very proud of you.
With 24 teams into the finish and one additional scratch in this year's race bringing that total to 6, we still have 19 teams racing to Nome. It is my tradition to keep the blog open until the Red Lantern also reaches the finish, so I'll be back with more updates. After the twins tend to their dogs and get a well earned nap and hot meal, hopefully I'll hear from them as well and will have lots of juicy details to share.
Check back later! The 50th Iditarod isn't over yet.
After a wildly windy and icy ride, Anna pulled under the burled arch at 11:44pm Wednesday March 16th in 23rd place after 10 days, 8 hours, 44:26 minutes out on the Iditarod trail. She had eleven amazing canine athletes in front of her sled: Astro, Bolt, Chaos, Drax, Yondu, Forrest, Diego, Barb, Rizo, Dane, and Platinum. This was Anna's 10th time successfully finishing the Iditarod and her second fastest time doing so (excluding the shortened Gold Trail Loop from last year).
Kristy, of course, was only about 30 seconds behind her, coming in spot on 11:45pm in 24th place. She had six dogs in front of her sled: Moocha, Berzerker, Shadow, Bogus, Mayhem, and Rampage. Wallace also almost made it all the way, but Kristy opted to leave him with handlers in Safety as he was really getting banged around by the winds on this final stretch and seemed to be getting a little sore. He'll get a ride to the finish by race officials and will be joining his team very soon. Kristy sounded a little sore, too, as she had to pedal her butt off on the back of the sled to both combat the wind and help her smaller dog team keep up with Anna. This marks Kristy's 12th successful finish of the Iditarod and is also her second fastest time covering one of the traditional race routes.
Congratulations, Anna, Kristy, and all your dogs! On behalf of all your family, friends, and fans - we're all so very, very proud of you.
With 24 teams into the finish and one additional scratch in this year's race bringing that total to 6, we still have 19 teams racing to Nome. It is my tradition to keep the blog open until the Red Lantern also reaches the finish, so I'll be back with more updates. After the twins tend to their dogs and get a well earned nap and hot meal, hopefully I'll hear from them as well and will have lots of juicy details to share.
Check back later! The 50th Iditarod isn't over yet.
  Kristy |   Seeing Double embraces under the burled arch in Nome. |
Anna arriving at the finish of the 50th Iditarod
