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Start Date 2010: Sunday February 28, 2010.

 

2010 RACE ROSTER
50 Racer Limit!
Race is FULL!
We have a waiting list for those wanting to enter for the 2010 race.

some racers have a clickable link that leads to their website or blog

1 Jeff Oatley Bike 350
2 Tracey Petervary am. flag Bike 1100
3 Jay Petervary am. flag Bike 1100
4 Anne Ver Hoef Alaska Foot 350
5 Pierre Ostor France Bike 1100
6 Tim Stern Alaska Bike 350
7 Alessandro Da Lio Italy Bike 1100
8 Tim Hewitt am. flag Foot 1100
9 Dario Valsesia Italy Bike 1100
10 Ornati Cesare Italy Foot 350
11 Peter Basinger Alaska Bike 350
12 Rajko Podgornik Slovenia Ski 1100
13 David Pramann am. flag Bike 350
14 Willy Mulonia Italy Bike 350
15 Juan Carlos Najera Spain Bike 350
16 Roberto Gazzoli Italy Foot 350
17 Walter Hösch Deutschland Foot 350
18 Bill Dent England Bike 350
19 David Koribsky Czech Republic Foot 350
20 Roger Leavesley England Bike 350
21 Rocky Reifenstuhl Alaska Bike 350
22 Glenn Mackie am. flag Foot 350
23 Eric Johnson am. flag Foot 1100
24 Phil Hofstetter Alaska Bike 1100
25 Eric Warkentin am. flag Bike 350
26 Simon Honoré Denmark Bike 350
27 Jerym Brunton New Zealand Foot 350
28 Mark Red am. flag Foot 1100
29 Sebastiano Favaro Italy Bike 350
30 Michael Odenwald Deutschland Foot 350
31 Mario Sterli Italy Foot 1100
32 Paolo Gregorini Italy Foot 1100
33 Loreen Hewitt am. flag Foot 350
34 Louise Kobin am. flag Bike 350
35 Claudio Piazza Italy Foot 350
36 Kyle Amstadter Alaska Bike 350
37 Brij Potnis Alaska Bike 350
38 Vanessa McKenzie am. flag Bike 350
39 Aaron Fanetti am. flag Bike 350
40 Billy Koitzsch Alaska Bike 1100
41 Kim Kittredge Alaska Bike 350
42 Bob Ostrom Alaska Bike 350
43 Andy Heading England Foot 1100
44 Alan Sheldon England Bike 1100
45 Sean Grady Alaska Bike 350
46 Chuck Struble am. flag Foot 350
47 Bill Fleming Alaska Bike 350
48 Rick Brickley am. flag Foot 350
49 Tom Jarding am. flag Foot 1100
50 Lorie Hutchison am. flag Bike 350

3D Animated Flags--By 3DFlags.com

Entries for 2010 are open starting April 1, 2009.

Start date in 2010 is Sunday, February 28, 2010.

Race to McGrath (350 mile)
Fees: US $850.00  before December 1, 2009
US $950.00 after December 1, 2009

Race To Nome (1100 mile)
Fees: US $ 1000.00 before December 1, 2009
US $ 1100.00 after December 1, 2009

Nome racers except for previous Nome finishers must post a $750.00 refundable bond which will be donated to Iditarod if the racer asks for help from Iditarod trail crews or check points (except in life threatening situations or serious injury).

Entry fees are non refundable.

$850.00 entry fee  for the 350 mile race will provide:

  • Transportation from Golden Lion Best Western 1000 East 36th to race start at Knik Lake
  • Lodging and food at Winter Lake Lodge on Finger Lake
    (on the southern edge of the Alaska Range)
  • Lodging and food at Puntilla Lake/Rainy Pass Lodge (middle of the Alaska Range)
  • A tent camp and food in Rohn (on the northern edge of the Alaska Range)
  • Shelter at Bison Camp in the Farewell Burn
  • Lodging and food in Nikolai
  • Lodging and food in McGrath
  • A food drop of 10 pounds each at the checkpoints Finger Lake and Rohn
  • Please keep your drops small, we bring those to their location via small ski plane.
    ( All survival gear, sleeping bags, clothing ect. must be carried from the start)
  • T-Shirt

There is no prize money in this race, the first male and female in the 350 mile and 1100 mile race will receive a free entry for the following year.

1100 mile Racers:
For racers going to Nome the $ 1000.00 entry fee will include a food drop ( 10 pounds) in Iditarod ( southern Route /odd years) or in Cripple (northern Route/even years).
Besides that drop all racers going on to Nome will be responsible for their own drop bags, lodging, food and contacts beyond McGrath.

We will provide Post Office addresses and phone numbers to local residents who are willing to support our racers.
In past years racers have been staying in village schools for a small fee and sending boxes to villages post offices  "General Delivery"+ racer's name +" hold for Alaska Ultra Sport Racer" for drops along the route.

Please contact us for more detailed information on the 1100 mile race to Nome.

Flights & Evacuations:
Flights from McGrath, Nome or evacuations from the course are at racer's expense.
Flights back to Anchorage from McGrath with Pen Air have been around $200.00 and with Alaska Air from Nome about $350.00.
 

Required Checkpoints:

CP1: Yentna Station ( mile 57) racers pay for meals and lodging

CP2: Skwentna Roadhouse ( mile 90) racers pay for meals and lodging

CP3: Winter Lake Lodge on Fingerlake ( mile 130) food and lodging provided

CP4: Rainy Pass Lodge on Puntilla Lake ( mile 165) food and lodging provided

CP5: Rohn Cabin ( mile 210) food and lodging provided

CP6: Bison Camp ( mile 255)

CP7: Nikolai ( mile 300) food and lodging provided

CP8: McGrath ( mile 350) food and lodging provided

Supply Drops
(racers provide those and either drop them off in person a week before the race.
Many european racers and out of state racers mail them by post to us)

(please use bags not boxes)

Drops are for expendables! ( food, batteries, fuel, chem. handwarmers,etc.)

Everything else is to be carried from the start by the racer.


• Finger Lake - 10 lbs/4.5 kg
• Rohn   - 10 lbs/4.5 kg
Cripple -10 lbs/4.5 kg

Drop bags will be due in Anchorage one week before race start to insure delivery to the checkpoints via ski plane.Drop bags will be due on February 20, 2010 in Anchorage.

Links:

Iditarod Centennial


www.irondog.org
www.iditarod.com
Iditarod Trail Mileage & Route Description
www.athinwhiteline.com
GPS coordinates

info for 1100 mile race
Don's Trail Notes
Race Route Description
National Historic Trail Map
Iditarod National Historic Trail
Race History


Race Philosophy
Deutsche Trail Beschreibung  

350 mile route
Portale italiano dedicato all'iditarod trail invitationalwww.iditarod.it
www.icebike.com
www.serumrun.org
mountain bike forum alaska

Read Racer's Blogs

Mike Curiak
Phil Hofstetter
Edward Plumb
John Ross
Louise Kobin
Jill Homer
Geoff Roes
Jay Petervary
Jeff Oatley
Marco Berni
Yair Kellner
Aidan Harding
Isabel Vicente Lopez
Rocky Reifenstuhl
Cory Smith
Sean Grady

 

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