March 11, 2015
The 3rd checkpoint in the race is the village of Tanana (pop 308, ~80% native American), where the Tanana River flows in to the Yukon River.
On the original 1925 Serum Run, Johnny Folger and Sam Joseph carried the diphtheria anti-toxin from Manley Springs to Tanana. Race map below to gauge where we are at.
At about 600 PM AKST, Trent checked in to Tanana. He covered the 66 miles in 12 hours, 43 minutes. His run times have been consistently at 8 mph, right on training and race target. He left Manley Hot Springs with all 16 dogs. From the Analytics tracker, copied below, it looks like Trent broke the run in two ~ 4 hour runs and a ~4-1/2 rest in between.
If things are going great, I would expect Trent to rest 4 to 6 hours
and leave Tanana with all 16 dogs. Checkpoint # 4 is Ruby and it is a long, cold 120 miles down the Yukon. Trent will likely have three 4-5 hour runs with two 4-6 hour rests in between if weather and the team and luck are all aligned. This would put him at about 24 hours to make the journey to Ruby and put him there, at say midnight tomorrow/Thursday. My guess is that he takes his 24 hour layover in Ruby. We shall see. If this all happens to plan, I bet we will see him slowly but surely move from the back of the pack. The race leaders are just now arriving in Ruby.
Tim