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| 3 months 3 weeks # | Iditarod 2026 - Paige rides again!

Thursday evening, March 19 at ~8:05 PM east coast time/4:05 Alaska.

Things are definitely winding down. 20 teams a have arrived in Nome and of the 10 still on the course, 9 of them are in White Mountain doing their 8 hour layover. We should be over sometime tomorrow. Leaderboard looks like this:

1. Jessie Holmes in Nome in a time of 9 days, 7 hours, 32 minutes, 51 seconds; average speed = 4.31 mph
2. Travis Beals in Nome in a time of 9 days, 11 hours, 58 minutes, 26 seconds; average speed = 4.23 mph
3. Jeff Deeter in Nome in a time of 9 days, 15 hours, 10 minutes, 37 seconds; average speed = 4.17 mph
4. Paige Drobny in Nome in a time of 9 days, 15 hours, 38 minutes, 48 seconds; average speed = 4.16 mph
5. Wade Marrs in Nome in a time of 9 days, 21 hours, 2 minutes, 28 seconds; average speed = 4.07 mph
6. Matt Hall in Nome in a time of 9 days, 23 hours, 27 minutes, 58 seconds; average speed = 4.03 mph
7. Riley Dyche in Nome in a time of 10 days, 1 hour, 27 minutes, 30 seconds; average speed = 3.99 mph
8. Lauro Eklund in Nome in a time of 10 days, 3 hours, 19 minutes, 49 seconds; average speed = 3.96 mph
9. Pete Kaiser in Nome in a time of 10 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes, 32 seconds; average speed = 3.96 mph
10. Michelle Phillips in Nome in a time of 10 days, 3 hours, 40 minutes, 40 seconds; average speed = 3.96 mph
11. Hanna Lyrek in Nome in a time of 10 days, 5 hours, 3 minutes, 55 seconds; average speed = 3.93 mph
12. Jessie Royer in Nome in a time of 10 days, 6 hours, 45 minutes, 15 seconds; average speed = 3.91 mph
13. Ryan Redington in Nome in a time of 10 days, 7 hours, 2 minutes, 20 seconds; average speed = 3.90 mph
14. Jesse Terry captures rookie of the year as the first rookie to Nome in 10 days, 13 hours, 36 minutes, 3 seconds; average speed = 3.80 mph. Hey, that's an award Jessie Holmes did not win this year!
15. Sam Martin in Nome in a time of 10 days, 16 hours, 59 minutes, 16 seconds; average speed = 3.75 mph
16. Josi (Thyr) Shelley in Nome in a time of 10 days, 17 hours, 0 minutes, 38 seconds; average speed = 3.75 mph
17. Bailey Vitello in Nome in a time of 10 days, 17 hours, 13 minutes, 11 seconds; average speed = 3.75 mph
18. Gabe Dunham in Nome in a time of 10 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes, 7 seconds; average speed = 3.73 mph
19. Rohn Buser in Nome in a time of 10 days, 20 hours, 33 minutes, 41 seconds; average speed = 3.70 mph
20. Chad Stoddard in Nome in a time of 10 days, 20 hours, 42 minutes, 9 seconds; average speed = 3.70 mph

Red lantern position is held by rookie Adam Lindenmuth, who is the only remaining musher not yet to reach White Mountain. Running 12 dogs 889 miles in/86 to Nome. 9 miles from White Mountain, so should get to the checkpoint in less than 2 hours.

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