Lance Mackey is expected to arrive in Nome at noon AK time. This will be his 3rd Championship in a row and has only been achieved 2 other times. He will have won seven 1,000 mile races in the past 5 years. This is a feat that has never been done.  

Schnuelle and Baker are in White Mountain. Burmeister is close behind. All Musher's need to take an 8 hr rest there.  

The buzz is about Lance Mackey and his 3-peat but the unique story is how did Dallas Seavey, age 22, end up in 6th place so far!

Mitch and Dallas are 25 miles from White Mountain and within a mile of each other. Father and Son will probably come into Nome together in 5th and 6th place. This will be the story other than Lance. 

Dallas was the first of 15 Musher's to break out, leave Shaktoolik and head into a ground blizzard. Winds were 40 mph and wind chill was reported at -60 to 70 below zero. Dallas knows you need to be tough to compete in this race. Other than Lance and Mitch he has beaten every world champion.

Once Lance arrives I will be calling in a news release. I will also be doing a live report at 3:30 pm AK time, 6:30 pm WI time, on AM 1570 the Score in Appleton - please tune in.

This will be a very exciting day and when the Seavey men arrive we will be there with the family for this historic event.  

The team made it to Nome with one near miss but all ended well. Rosanne's birthday is today and the past few years we have been here. This makes for a stronger marriage - HA HA. 

Back to the race - Mackey is in Elim at mm 825 and is the only Musher that has moved in hours. Mackey reported his run to Koyuk was the toughest of this race and maybe ever. Baker and Schnuelle are moving now and are out of Koyuk at mm 787.    

M. Seavey and Burmeister are out of Shaktoolik but have not moved in 18 hours. Dallas Seavey and 14 others are in Shaktoolik and have not moved in 14 hours. If the tracker is right a few Mushers returned and lost mileage. 

The weather must be unbearable, with reported 35mph winds and -60. Neff suffered frostbite on his face and received medical attention. 3 rookie mushers, Darst, Matray and Packer have all scratched. Packer was rescued during an airplane search. A Musher fell asleep, woke up when he hit the ice, and was helped by the Musher in front who caught the team and by the Musher who was following that picked him up. This race could go down in the history books for many reasons.

Microchipping is used on each dog. This is like the collar tags used for identification. Each dog is scanned, the record comes up, and all the information is available at all the checkpoints. This along with the collar tag allows each dog to be returned to their owners. With 1,200 dogs in the race imagine what would happen without a system.   

I hope the ground blizzards cease and the race heats up. As of now there are only 3 Mushers moving.

Stay tuned and thanks for visiting the site. The next blog will be very interesting !!