FAIRBANKS, Alaska — (8:59 a.m.)
Team 17 is in Koyuk on layover. From race organizer: "Those guys are movin'"
(8:05 a.m.)
Man, these racers accomplished a lot while the rest of us slept. Eight teams left Ruby and Galena in the middle of the night and are now laying over in Unalakleet. They include:
11 - Palin/Quam
14 - McKenna/Van Meter
10 - Huntington/Olds
7 - Davis/Davis
21 - Branholm/Spernak
3 - Dixon/Wold40 - Marks/Marks
5 - McAllen/Cherrier
Six of those teams arrived between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. and two more between 5:30 and 6:30, so they'll all be able to hit the trail between 2:30 and 4:30 in the afternoon, and I'm betting they'll then head all the way to Nome.
Team 17 - West/George has gone through Unalakleet. Teams today have to layover in either Unalakleet, Koyuk or White Mountain.
HQ just got word that Teams 27 - Fuller/Long and 30 - Jackson/Harrington are in McGrath. It sounds like they might take a layover there. McGrath is one of the places teams had a choice to take their first layover. These teams have already laid over in Puntilla Lake, so at least, it sounds like they probably won't make it to Nome in time for the banquet Wednesday night if they continue.
Team 24 - Bailey/Rigdon just scratched in Galena. Sounds like one of the guys has a back that's in a bit of pain and figured they shouldn't go on.
