It's all in a name...

At 11:38 am this morning, Lance Mackey won his THIRD CONSECUTIVE Iditarod race! It's amazing! At the time of this posting, the next place finisher left Safety, 22 miles from the finish line in Nome, at 4 pm. Not only did he finish almost 6 hours in front of the next place finisher, but he did it with 15 of his 16 dogs. He also happened to make a wrong turn on Day 7 and lost 2 hours back-tracking and getting back on course. It was thought that two other racers had a chance back on Day 6, but here in Alaska, we know, "it ain't over 'til it's over!" Congratulations, Lance Mackey, what an inspirational and amazing team and athlete! Hey, isn't there another amazing athlete named Lance?


Just a side note, our "home town girl" is currently in 44th place, leaving Unalkleet at 1:13 pm today. Right there with her is this years probable Rookie of the Year winner, Karin Hendrickson. We're still rooting them both on!! Also, at this time, 10 mushers have scratched, including another Seeley Lake resident running his first race. Rob Loveman is probably the only nuclear physicist. Check out all the action on the ADN website.