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now an 11-point lead

Yes, looks like:

1. Jessie Holmes in White Mountain 1,057 miles in/71 to Nome. Eligible to leave
2. Matt Hall 20 miles from White Mountain. Should be there in 2-2.5 hrs.
3. Paige Drobny ~25 miles behind Matt

Hard to imagine her catching either of them unless something unexpected happens. On the flip side, Mitch Seavey in 4th place is almost 40 miles behind Paige, so something pretty dramatic (and bad) would need to happen for her to drop below 3rd place.

ESPN announcers just said he's done for the game. And yes, the way the last 10 minutes of game have gone, they dont need him the rest of today.

And of course, as soon as I hit "Post", a new update at 0905 local (1305 EDT) comes in, where Paige has now left Elim. She is just under 3h behind Matt Hall, who if he is running at Jesse Holmes' pace, is about halfway to White Mountain.

Included all the teams that have arrived at Koyuk and beyond.

Looks like Paige is on the move from Elim to White Mountain as of a few minutes ago. Matt hall is running halfway there, and Jesse Holmes arrived at White Mountain almost a half hour ago and has begun his mandatory 8 hour layover.

100% agreed, but it seems like this ruling was made arbitrarily and not that you need to make it X far by Y day. I think that is the basis of the grumbling.

"I'm not taking his answer out of context, i'm just omitting the part that doesn't support what i want to take away from it"

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it isn't... its an early game, and this is Duke's first of the tournament.... Watch them go on a 20-0 run to start the 2nd half now that they are warmed up.

26-12 Georgia Tech is entertaining. Doubt it will last though

All true, and I don't disagree. But - as a marathon finisher myself - you do have sweeps in marathons and even shorter but still long races like half marathons and 20Ks. They will say things like you have to finish within 6 hours or you need to be a the halfway point by such-and-such a time or you will be picked up. Often they cannot keep the streets closed beyond a certain time so it is not safe to run. Here, if you could not guarantee vets at the checkpoint, you cannot guarantee the dog's health and safety. And you are not asking volunteers to stay at the marathon finish for 2 extra hours. It could be 2 extra days in the Iditarod.

Another difference here is they do not have a set time that you need to finish by. I mean storms can keep people trapped all day, like in 2022 where several were trapped on the trail and needed to be brought out and others waited it out in White Mountain.

http://www.nomenugget.net/news/storm-drives-six-iditarod-mushers-scratch...

You have to run qualifying races to get into the Iditarod like qualifiers to do the Boston Marathon to try and keep too slow teams out. Could say if they said you had to get to/have a legitimate chance to get to Unalakleet by day X and be able to finish/have a legitimate chance to finish by day Y or you have to drop out. Then you would know in advance what is needed. But with weather issues, it is hard to pick a specific day.

It's not a team thing, it's a Taylor thing. Dude doesn't want to come off the field ever.

Love this quote even more after a good night's sleep.

I sincerely hope this is a wakeup call to our leaders and major donors. Our best player called us out for basically not having enough to compete and putting our coach in a no-win situation. Stop this nickel and diming shit, fund these guys, and if you can't do that, start trimming the fat elsewhere so we can compete in the sports that bring in money.

Its still extremely frustrating that they announced and fundraised for an extensive renovation of Cassell that at this point I'm wondering if it'll ever happen. Its still on the Hokie Club site, but nothing has been updated since 2021, and still has graphics and quotes from coaches who aren't here anymore talking about how it'll help them recruit and attract players to Blacksburg.