Race Update March 16

Trent pulled in to White Mountain sometime around 6:00 this morning in 27th place.   The standings are not updated on the Iditarod website to know the time for sure, but on the GPS tracker he is in White Mountain.   This checkpoint is a mandatory 8 hour rest point for the teams and then it is 77 miles on to Nome and the finish.

I suspect Trent will leave late afternoon today well rested and get in to Nome sometime Thursday morning.   The team had 7 dogs checking out of Elim heading to White Mountain.   Trent has slowed his pace and increased his rest times since the Yukon, it appears.   He discusses this with the Iditarod Insider team in the article below.

It still looks good for a top 30 finish for Trent which was his goal heading in to the race, and he's had a great campaign.  He led the race after the Skwenta checkpoint, and was first to the halfway checkpoint at the ghost town of Iditarod.   Trent is likely considered a serious musher by all of the Iditarod competitors now, and has always been considered a friend.   We wish him luck on the trail in to Nome!

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