At the Musher Banquet last night, Trent drew bib #58 of the 85 mushers who will start the race on Sunday in Willow, Alaska. There will be a 3 mile ceremonial start in the streets of Anchorage on Saturday.
Bib numbers are luck of the draw, but Trent likes the idea of starting late in the afternoon when temperatures will be falling, it's been warmer than usual in that part of the state. The race start is at 2PM Alaska Time. They send them out every 2 minutes so being #58, I suspect Trent will be off by 4PM. Expect Trent and the team to go through the checkpoint at Skwentna (at 72 miles) and camp 5-10 miles on the other side Sunday night.
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Nice footage chopping up a salmon to throw to the team.