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Looks like Paige just got to Shaktoolik, 9 .Iles behind Jesse and Matt.

Young portaled over Rech once, and I bet he does it again.

I don't have stats in front of me, but Rech's turnovers stats have to be higher than Storm Murphys, based on my memory.

Wednesday @ 0600 local (1000 EDT): Jesse Holmes and Matt Hall entered Shaktoolik within 11 minutes of each other. They both spent 8 minutes at the checkpoint and headed out, each with the same number of dogs that they came in with. They are now headed over the sea ice of Norton Sound towards Koyuk. Paige is listed in third because of when she left Unalakleet, but she left that checkpoint almost five hours behind Matt Hall, so she's probably a way off from Shaktoolik at this time. No other racer has reached Unalakleet as of the time of the most recent race log.

I think it is mostly just the 1 big crossing. There are several areas where it is along the coast and the trail may extend out onto the edge of the ice, but I'm honestly not sure it it stays on land or goes out onto the end of the water. Zoomed in on the GPS map and you can see that they go across the peninsula and then a trip over a small inlet - had to look on another map, that is called Reindeer Cove - and then big crossing. But you can see below how after Elim, they do go out onto the water again. Off the end of the picture, there is another stretch into White Mountain that goes across a bay and you are along the edge of the water on the last leg into Nome. Probably has some areas on the sea ice there as well. But those are all close to shore.

You can also see that Jessie has retaken the lead over Matt.
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Murphy was a much better ball handler. And played alongside an elite defender and great shooter in Catoor and legit 3 position guy in Mutts. Darrius Maddox would be the best player on this team, and he came off the bench on that team.

If this is what we trot out in 25-26.. you are again fighting to make the ACC tourney...

Frosty, are there two sea ice crossings? The leg between Shaktoolik and Koyuk shows a significant amount of time over the sound. Is there also a sound crossing between Unalakleet and Shaktoolik? The overall race map doesn't show a lot of detail there, and while it looks like it hugs the coast, it's possible it goes over the sound.

Well my questions on how the hell CMY does it were answered some yesterday:

Mike Young on what was missing with this year's team:

A lot was missing,'' said Young. "A lot was missing. Just call it what it is. They're great kids and a pleasure to work with. We got to get more talented, and we are going to, quick.''

Mike Young on fixing issues with roster through the transfer portal:

"It better be,'' Young said. "It better be. I'm not living through that again.''

Wednesday morning, March 12. Overnight, Jessie Holmes, Matt Hall and Paige Drobny all went through Unalakleet. Guess it's good I did not send Paige the pizza as she would not have gotten it as she only spent 4 minutes there. While she was resting before Unalakleet, Millie Porsild almost caught up to her, but she pulled out and Millie then stopped to rest her team, leaving Paige solidly in third. Just now - literally minutes ago - Matt Hall pulled ahead of Jessie on the GPS tracker. So at a bit before 8:30 AM east coast, we have the top 3 on the trail to Shaktoolik and many others on their way into Unalakleet:

1. Matt Hall running 10 dogs 897 miles in/231 to Nome
2. Jessie Holmes running 11 dogs 896 miles in/232 to Nome
3. Paige Drobny running 12 dogs 888 miles in/240 to Nome
4. Millie Porsild resting on the trail with 10 dogs, 852 miles in/276 miles to Nome
5. Michelle Phillips running 11 dogs 841 miles in/287 to Nome
6. Travis Beals running 11 dogs 838 miles in/290 to Nome
7. Ryan Redington running 9 dogs 830 in/298 to Nome
8. Bailey Vitello resting on the trail with 12 dogs 829 miles in/299 to Nome
9. Mitch Seavey running 10 dogs 826 miles in/302 to Nome
10. Nic Petit running 13 dogs 808 miles in/320 to Nome

In the red lantern position, we have rookie Quince Mountain, resting with 10 dogs and Shageluk, 631 miles in/497 to Nome.

The next section for Matt, Jessie and Paige will be the 50 mile stretch including the crossing of the Norton Sound sea ice. A lot of times people will cross together. Will see if Matt and Jessie go together or apart, if Paige goes with either of them, waits for Millie to go together or goes alone.

Good morning. Looks like the first three have passed through Unalakleet in the night, and immediately headed out toward Shaktoolik. As Frosty said, they most likely rested at one of the cabins on the portage between Kaltag2 and Unalakleet, then passed on through. With a rest time of only 4m in Unalakleet, it's likely that Paige wouldn't have gotten our pizzas anyways. She did drop one dog there, running with twelve now.

Frosty has access to the gps tracks, so he is best to describe what's going on beyond Unalakleet.

First one is this Sunday. Hoping they are still licking their wounds over yesterday as a Newcastle fan. But I doubt that will be the case.