Iditarod Update #2 - First morning

The early pace is fast.

It should be no surprise that Paul Gebhardt and Hans Gatt are moving fast out of the gate, as they are known for their speed. And Aliy Zirkle has moved way up in the standings, starting 49th and now in 2nd place. And Sebastian Schnuelle, who preaches starting slow, has moved from 34 to 4th place, on the move out of Skwentna. Linwood Fiedler, who was the first musher on the trail, has moved way out in front, arriving at the Finger Lake checkpoint.

The Redington brothers, Ray and Ryan, are both in the top 10.

Lance and Hugh are running together, no surprise.

It's still real early, so not too much should be made of the positions at this point.

Stay tuned!

The OFFICIAL STANDINGS (based on checkpoint times and NOT the GPS) as of 2:30am, Alaska Time:


1 Linwood Fiedler (2)
2 Aliy Zirkle (50)
3 Warren Palfrey (27)
4 Ray Redington Jr (9)
5 William "Middie" Johnson (16) {R}
6 Ryan Redington (25)
7 Paul Gebhardt (7)
8 John Baker (8)
9 Dallas Seavey (41)
10 Quinn Iten (28) {R}
11 Gerry Willomitzer (55)
12 Cim Smyth (3)
13 Zoya DeNure (5)
14 Hans Gatt (20)
15 Wattie McDonald (4) {R}
16 Blake Freking (11)
17 Mitch Seavey (19)
18 Ramey Smyth (21)
19 DeeDee Jonrowe (31)
20 Jim Lanier (43)
21 Martin Buser (37)
22 Newton Marshall (14) {R}
23 Sebastian Schnuelle (35)
24 Art Church, Jr (24)
25 Sven Haltmann (42)
26 Zack Steer (47)
27 Michelle Phillips (36) {R}
28 Robert Nelson (32)
29 Sonny Lindner (44)
30 Allen Moore (54)
31 Gerald Sousa (48)
32 Ken Anderson (51)
33 Ross Adam (18)
34 Cindy Gallea (39)
35 Bruce Linton (65)
36 Dave DeCaro (52) {R}
37 Chris Adkins (33) {R}
38 Kirk Barnum (34)
39 Kathleen Frederick (46) {R}
40 Lachlan Clarke (63)
41 Hank Debruin (45) {R}
42 Judy Currier (72)
43 Scott White (13) {R}
44 Billy Snodgrass (70)
45 Tamara Rose (26) {R}
46 Tom Thurston (68)
47 Karen Ramstead (29)
48 John Stewart (69) {R}
49 Pat Moon (17) {R}
50 Karin Hendrickson (23)
51 Jessie Royer (6)
52 Jeff King (15)
53 Matt Hayashida (12)
54 Justin Savidis (10) {R}
55 Michael Suprenant (30)
56 William Pinkham (40)
57 Kristy Berington (38) {R}
58 Lance Mackey (49)
59 Hugh Neff (56)
60 Emil Churchin (53) {R}
61 Rick Swenson (57)
62 Michael Williams, Jr (59) {R}
63 Dan Kaduce (64) {R}
64 Trent Herbst (60)
65 Thomas Lesatz (62)
66 Colleen Robertia (61) {R}
67 Jason Barron (71)
68 Jane Faulkner (22) {R}
69 Celeste Davis (58) {R}
70 Sam Deltour (66)
71 Peter Kaiser (67) {R}