Aliy and her Red Team mates pulled into Ruby at 7.17 this evening in 5th position. The Analytics View of the tracker shows that they stopped to camp for about 5.5 hours along the way.
There is an Insider video (Jeff on the Trail to Ruby) of the team passing a resting Jeff King and you can see the team “on by”, it’s cool to see them just run past the sleeping team and neither team trying to interfere with the other.
Screen shots from Insider video
Aliy was interviewed before leaving Tanana and she was talking about the need to be cautious in the cold weather combined with the long runs between checkpoints. She described how her dogs are “cold wary” as they had just been through the cold Quest so she was not going to push them at this early stage of the race.
Meanwhile, Allen and the Black Team are about 50 miles outside Ruby. They camped for about four hours on the trail. On the Analytics View you can see the run/rest pattern so far for the Black Team – all the small “blips” you see are when he stops to snack the dogs.
I am a fourth-grade teacher in Southern California. My class is following the Iditarod this year, and my students are very enthusiastic during our Iditarod update each afternoon. We are cheering you on Aliy!!
My daughters 3rd grade class in SoCal is following the race, my Emiliy picked you to win Aliy! So fun to check in and track your progress daily, thanks for the amazing updates!
Very informative post, Moira. Thank you again!
Great graph showing the progress of the race!
Good ol' Jeff, always humorous and happy!!!
Great race Aliy and Red Team! Cheering you on all the way to Nome!!! 🐾🐾🐾❤️❤️❤️🎉🎊🎆
I am SO excited for Aliy. She seems to have her game face on with no messing around. FOCUSED
Run times look solid and she still has 16 dogs in the team which means to me that shes taking good care of those wrists and shoulders on a fast trail!
Do it girlfriend….DO IT!!!
which video on the insider is the one you've commented on here?
Which insider video are you referring to?