Back out of the Iditarod Checkpoint...

After his 24 hour rest in Iditarod, Trent is back on the trail.   Probably don't have to remind you that he pulled in to Iditarod Thursday morning at ~5:45 in 1st place, won $3,000 in gold nuggets and upset the "old guard" in claiming the prize.  He left Iditarod the morning in 27th place and has moved up to 24th place on the trail.  The weather is colder heading in to the Yukon and the trail is supposed to be getting softer.   If Trent and the team run as strong in the next 5 days as they did in the past 5 days, all of us are in for a treat.  Below is a picture of Trent accepting the gold nuggets from his award for leading the race at the halfway point.  Grabbed a screen shot from the video on the Iditarod Insider website.

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Also below is a gallery of photos from the Willow start on Sunday, that Bob Vogel from Anchorage email'd to us today.  Enjoy them, thanks Bob!

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