The Front Runners are IN Iditarod....now what?

OK....after a day a work with one eye on the Tracker, we have Nic arriving at Iditarod first, and Mitch about 45 minutes later.  The trail was much faster for the pack Team than it was for Joar, who was also fighting some wind and snow!  In any event, the next thing to watch for is who will leave Iditarod first?  Nic or Mitch?  Joar cant leave until 12:30 am (EST), so I'm sure these 2 will want to get as much distance between Joar and his string of 16 dogs that have had all they can eat and as much sleep as they want during their 24 hour rest.  I may have to get up in the middle of the night to watch this next phase unfold.

So who is in Iditarod with Joar, Nic and Mitch?  We have a few others, and MANY more on the way.  Here is the rundown.

Resting in Iditarod at mile 432 is Joar (cant leave until 12:30 am EST), Nic and Mitch.  Lars Monson, another Norwegian actually joined Joar today, but had yet to take his 24 hour rest....so he is taking it now and wont be able to leave until around 9:15 am EST tomorrow.  Then there is King, who made it into Iditarod about 50 after Mitch....but remember, King is already a day behind because he needs to serve out his 24 hour rest....so he isn't really a threat to the front.  So that is who is at mile 432 right now.

Out on the trail to Iditarod we have:
Lindwood Fiedler at mile 415
Ray Redington at mile 415
Jessie Royer at mile 412
Aaron Burmeister at mile 411
Richie Diehl at mile 411
Hugh Neff at mile 408
Pete Kaiser at mile 408
Aily Zirkle at mile 407
Wade Marrs at mile 406
Mats Petterson at mile 402
Michelle Phillips at mile 395
Travis Beals at mile 393
Matt Hall at mile 392
Rick Casillo at mile 390  

My next post will be after the lead pack leaves Iditarod!  Stay tuned!