Iditarod Update: Day 3

It’s day 3 on the Iditarod trail!

Here’s a look at Ryne’s latest statistics:

I’ll narrate this graph as best as I can with what we know. As a reminder for those like myself who are terrible at understanding graphic representations: When the green line  (moving speed) goes flat, Ryne-and-team are resting. That dark blue line, that’s the elevation. We can see the time and date by looking at the top of the graph but it’s in military time so that might as well be hieroglyphics or worse, math. 

After resting from 3-8pm on the 7th, Ryne left the Rainy Pass checkpoint. The dark blue line that peaks near midnight (00:00hrs) of March 7th represents Ryne’s climb up the actual Pass. 

Ryne messaged us last night saying that Oryx slipped going down the Happy River Steps and needed a bit more time to recover. So she left Oryx in the care of the vet team at the Rainy Pass checkpoint.
Having climbed the Pass, the team arrived in Rohn around 12:30am, 8/8. After a 4 hour rest they headed down the trail.

Ryne left Dracula with the vet team in Rohn. We’re not sure exactly why, but we’ll update you if we get anymore information. Likely a sore wrist that she couldn’t work out. 

It wouldn’t be the “Last Great Race” if there weren’t some godawful parts to it. After Rohn, the team ran through what’s called “The Burn”, which is notorious for having little to no snow. We know that Ryne had to fight with some runner plastic after making it through. 

After leaving Rohn we can see that the team ran for about 4 hours, rested on trail for 4 hours, and then took off again until around 6pm tonight when they reached the Nikolai checkpoint. 

Right now they’re resting in Nikolai. They’re 263 miles into the race. With the amount of time Ryne has dedicated to taking care of the dogs, the team has been getting a lot of relative rest, and so when they’ve been moving, they move fast! 

Everyone at the RynoKennel is getting telegraphic updates from Ryne throughout the night and day when she has time to message us during her rests. The best one in the last 24 hours is simple and sweet: “Otis and Sherlock are really happy.”