Aliy and the Red Team are on their way to Huslia after completing their mandatory 24 hour break in Galena.
A few of you might have worried that they didn’t start moving right at the 24 hour mark. In an earlier post I talked about how the teams make up their time differential at their 24 hour rest. This means that, because Aliy started bib #32 she had to stay (by my estimate) at least 25 hours, 34 minutes to put her on equal footing with musher #79 who stops for exactly 24 hours.
If you have the Iditarod Insider GPS package you can see the team is on the move and already clear of the checkpoint.
Screen shot from GPS tracker at 8.25am
At the time of writing the current standings have not updated with her official exit time or how many team mates she still has with her. I will update more once that information is available.
The Black Team is still resting in Galena and we are presuming they will complete their 24 hour mandatory stop there.
Aliy has great strategy. Gotta trust she knows what's best for the whole team. Go Aliy!!!
Right!
thank you for the explanation. i had forgotten the time differential, and was agonizing on why from the standings it seemed she had not left at the 24 h mark!
thanks!
angelica
Thank you for all your updates! Keeping up with the Red Team here in Sapulpa, Ok! Go Aliy Go!
Thank you for all your updates on the Red Team! Watching from Sapulpa, OK as much as I can! GO ALIY GO!!
Woof, woof, woof!!!
Go Red Team!!!
Go Black Team!!!
Awesome report and story you sent along from Emily Schwing of Public Radio!!!
Go Aliy & team!!!😊🐕
Half the Iditarod fans turn their trackers on to watch Aliy leave Galena…..
and the tracker crashes, AGAIN!
If we all turned them off, for a minute, do you think it would kick on again?
Smooth, safe runnings, Aliy!
Safe trails to you Red Team…and stay warm out there….especially you Mr. Waylon! Almost halfway now!
Thank you all who work behind the scenes to keep us updated.
Go Aliy!!! Safe and speedy travels RED and BLACK!
Holly Freeman
Thank you so much for the updates and the excellent explanations. My school children are following SP Kennel teams for both the Quest and Iditarod. We all learn a lot from your blogs. Thank you!
Go Red and Black!
Janice Trumbull
Northern Lights Academy
Fairbanks
Looking great!
So glad Aliy and the Red Team took their mandatory 24!!! That means to me (mind you, I'm an Armchair Musher at best) that they are rested and the pesky 'time differencial' is done and over with!!!
Best to you, Aliy and the amazing dogs of the Red Team!!! ❤️❤️❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾👏👏👏
Dittos. Keep to your strategy Aliy. You know your team best. It is cool that so many teachers and their classes are following SPK. The Red team looks so powerful.