Nome....the prize, the truck, the accolades, the celebration is awaiting its 2019 Champion at mile 998. As the crowd gathers, the 2 Teams are battling it out. Kaiser had approximately a 45 minute head start from White Mountain, with his small squad of 8 dogs. Joar, last years Champion with also 8 dogs took chase, and through the night they have been racing and chasing.....up and over TopKok, through the infamous Blow Hole, through the checkpoint of Safety, and now down Cape Nome to the Beach.
Kaiser is running at mile 986 and is nearly at the beach at 6.5 mph......
Joar is currently climbing Cape Nome going 5.4 mph at mile 983.....his GPS has not "pinged in" in 12 minutes, so probably is a little closer.
As the 2 sprint to the finish, Jessie Royer, in her best place ever in the Iditarod, is just coming down off of Topkok and now on the beach entering the Blow Hole at mile 951 going 6.2 mph.
Coffee is ON, Live Feed is on the screen.....
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