Friday, March 13, 2020

Jessie Royer First on the Yukon!

Jessie and her 14 Team Mates arrived to the Ruby Checkpoint (mile 495) about 45 minutes ahead of Thomas Waerner and Aaron Burmeister.  Brent Sass, who completed his 24 hour break in Cripple came in 35 minutes later.  Over 2 hours from Jessie arriving, Richie Diehl, Joar Ulsom and Ryan Redington filed into Ruby one after another.  Needless to say no one is running away with this race....its all very close.

Jessie invited all her competitors to share in the gourmet meal prize for being first into the checkpoint! How nice is that!!! The feeling of camaraderie is strong in these front runners.

Waerner has 2 wheel dogs....King and Kong that are very boisterous...and is thinking of taking his mandatory 8 hour rest here in Ruby.  No one has left Ruby yet....but I suspect it will be Brent Sass first since he just came off his 24 hour rest 70 miles back in Cripple.   Burmeister too will be serving his 8 hour rest here in Ruby.  The trail is reported to have a lot of drag on the sleds with some new snow....so Teams need to recover a bit before heading down the river.  Wade Marrs and Pete Kaiser finish out the top 9 Teams into Ruby.

On their way to Ruby sets up like this:

Mackey at mile 493
Paige Drobney at mile 487
Millie Porsild (Rooke) at mile 484
Michelle Phillips at mile 484
Jason Campeau at mile 481
Travis Beals at mile 480
Mitch Seavey at mile 475
Jessie Holmes at mile 474
Aaron Peck at mile 471
Ramey Smyth at mile 466

Other Fan Favorites that are not really in contention this year is Nick Petit at mile 445, and Aliy at mile 444.

Once on the Yukon, the checkpoints are about 45-50 miles apart....no real long legs here. They will be on the river for about 150 miles.


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