Waerner First to the Coast....Who the Heck is Waerner?

Sorry to all my Office Iditarod Players....I did not have Waerner on my top 20 picks....my bad.  HE was not on my radar as he has only run 1 Iditarod (2015) and came in 17th....Rookie of the year....but I missed the big clue.....and I SHOULD have known better, I was there at the Iditarod Start in 2015 and saw the Robert Sorlie, 2 time Champ from Team Norway seeing Thomas Waerner, his protégé off on his first Iditarod.  I should have had him in my top 20 picks....so no bonus points got awarded on the board for Waerner making it to the Alaska Coast....sorry bout that!

OK....back to the race.  As Thomas enjoys the relative Social Distance silence in Unalakleet….the entire chase pack took a long rest at Old Woman Cabin, about 15 miles from where Thomas was resting in Unalakleet.  Look for these Teams to blow through Unk….perhaps leaving any dogs if they show signs of fatigue at that checkpoint, and on to the next 90 mile these folks will go.  Right now it looks like Wade Marrs is leading that charge:

Now that I am back from my own trek with Team Adirondack....I will be sure to post through the night as the race up the coast heats up!