I just got back to race headquarters and wanted to get you some information as soon as possible before Mackey comes in. As you probably know (if you’re up at 12am Alaska time) Mitch Seavey came in and beat Jeff King into Nome by ten minutes. Mitch’s arrival time was 23:29, and King was 29:39.
It was craziness out there….
Madness.
Audio, video, and pictures coming soon…
Hurray- Hurray!!! Okay, so who REALLY won??? Someone enlighten me!!! PLEASE!!!
o.k. , Mitch and Jeff finshed 8 mnts apart , but Jeff left
Nome 4mnts before Mitch , so Mitch m u s t be the
winner .
Seavey had a higher bib number by 2 from King, so his final time was 14 mins (not 10 mins as his offiicial time indicates). You can look it up on the spreadsheet.
Lance will be third. The huge credit to him is that he ran and won the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod this year. The very famous mushers like Swenson, King, Buser, etc either never ran the Yukon Quest or won once at most. I give lots of credit to Lance for competing as much as possible and honouring the sport so much. I hope he can be back for the next Sweepstakes and win it.
Your right, cabin fever said the same thing..King would have to add time…I’m relieved it all turned out…would have been awful if it would have been the other way around….Mackey must be close…?
yes , it would be nice to have the aas in the
big races calendar each year , but i read somewhere
that it will be a once and never again event this year .even if it happens again in 25 years , i wan’t be
able to watch , ’cause then my time will be done ,
probably , but Lance can do the dance again than .
CONGRADULATIONS on the historic win seavey,you left 7 doggie booties at candle check point,guess they belong to my teddie bears now,hope you name a puppy “Candle”now,and learn it to be a leader,Also congradulations to all the mushers who entered,hope you enjoyed the trail into history,LANCE MACKEY,you still the best,and Many thanks to your Wife for standing by and let you do what you gotta do times like this,i’m home alone too(different)story and season for me though,my husband fishes down bristol bay,and both the kids got there diplomas and gone many,many miles from home..Every-one good luck on the kobuk 440 if you’ll be there with your teams,may god richly bless you all…AMEN
Someone said, “see you in 2033″… I’ll be almost 80 by then…I am a 22 yr. ovarian cancer survivor…if I’m not around, hope Lance will still be racing…if not him, then his son will be the one to watch!!! I would have LOVED to see Mackey pull it off…lots of survivors were pulling for him!
Congrats to Mitch. He certainly was a dark horse, but I guess it shows that any dog team can step and make a run for it. Thanks Josh for this blog. It made the very slow and torturous updates slightly bearable.
Lance said it best when he was interviewed prior to the 100th: “It’s a dog race…. Anybody can win……”. Well, a lot of us were pulling for you and we know you gave it your best. You and King made the Iditarod a joy to watch in 2008. And congratulations to Mitch!
I think the three greatest events in the history of the Iditarod were 1. One second between Swenson and Mackey. 2. Libby Riddles heading into a blizzard, possible death, and victory. And, 3. Lance Mackey surviving cancer, EARNING Bib # 13, and winning the Big One in 2007! Long Live Dog Racing!
Robert D. said “the three greatest events in the history of the Iditarod were 1. One second between Swenson and Mackey. 2. Libby Riddles heading into a blizzard, possible death, and victory. And, 3. Lance Mackey surviving cancer, EARNING Bib # 13, and winning the Big One in 2007! Long Live Dog Racing!”
I concur. It brings tears to my eyes. What an awesome sport. Josh, thanks so “mush” for all the great podcasts and updates….;)
blog-on…
Something to say?
I think you meant to say that King’s time was 23:39….
Congrats to Mitch, and thanks to Josh for providing a great service with the blog. See you again in 2033!
Left by sdunbar on March 29th, 2008