Iditarod+Journals

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Use this page to write your comments about what feelings and experiences you might have if you were a musher. Make sure you put down your thoughts in the right group section and put down your first name and last initial.====== Nick: day 1 the race is starting i hope i get in the top five day 2 i am in 12 place and speeding up
 * Wow. I can't believe the race is about to begin. I hope I win. I am more excited than the first time I went to Disneyworld. I am a bit nervous though. I hope I have everything I need. Steve E. Day 1.
 * Second day, so far so good. The dogs are doing great. I decided to take an hour break to feed the dogs and let them relax. Can't stay here long or I will fall behind. Steve E. Day 2.
 * Wow it's cold. It is 2 in the morning and I haven't had much sleep. Luckily, the dogs are going at a good pace and help keep me awake. I can't believe it is (XX) degrees. I can't feel my lips. Day 3.

James: Amanda: Day 1: Hi It's me Ray, I'm in 4th place. I have all 16 dogs. I'm happy. Day 2: Now I'm in 45th I went down a little. Okay I went down a lot but at least I have all of my dogs. Day 3: Now I'm in 15th I'm happier. Day 8th: Im in 12th place and I have 12 dogs hopefully I can make it through to the end. I have noticed many racers have took there 8 hours and 24 hours. I am one of them, only two racers have not.

Lucy:

Garrett: Day 1 I can't believe I am in third place I just have to pass 2 people and I'm in the lead. I'm off to a great start so far I think I'm going to take the 24 hour rest towards the end of the race so I can get in front of everyone while they're taking rests in the start. Day 2 I can't believe how cold it is -20 degrees I can freeze to death out here! I'm still in third and I can't start thinking negative now or else I will end up scratching. Day 3 I'm now in 13 place and I'm feeling good I can't believe I'm still in the top 20. day 4 I'm now in 13 place day 5 I'm now in 14 place and I'm gonna eat my steak at least the cooler keeps it kinda warm DAY 6 i'm now in 15 place and i'm losing positions more than i am gaining but I am in the top 20. Day 7 I'm now in 5th place I just took my 24 hour rest and all I kept thinking is to stay posative I'm down to 14 dogs to. Day 8 Brrr!! I'm really cold it's been warmer but I'm in 11 place so I'm staying confident. day 9 I practically finished the race I'm happy I stayed in the top 20 and it's my first time. aj:day one i am in first place and i am proud of my self. day two

Sophia:Day 1: Wow! It is finally the Iditarod! I have been training long and hard. It is so cold but, the warmth in my heart of finally being here will get me through this! Day 2: I am not doing so good! I m in 49th place. I hope I can make it to the checkpoint without my dogs or I getting taller. I am so close. Day 3: I made it it to the checkpoint with no problems. I went up. I am making good progress! It is getting cold. It is now -3 degrees. Day 4: I went up a lot and I am now in 23rd place. I am making good progress. I am lucky I brought my first aid kit, my dog food, and my knife! I am so happy! Day 5: I am now in 19th place. I am in the top 20! I am so happy! I did not go up much but I am still going strong. Ava: Day 1: Finally, the first day of the Iditarod has come. I've been training so hard with the dogs. I'm so excited, it's the same feeling I had when I rode a roller coaster. The race is going to start in 10 minutes. Day 2: Wow I can't believe that it's -20 degrees! I'm in 4th place! I never thought i could get that much ahead of the other mushers. I'm in Rohn now, I better get back to the race. Day 3: The tempature rose to -3 degrees. It may seem cold, but after 2 days of -20 degrees, this is pretty warm. I hope i can get to 1st place! Day 3: I'm in 21st place. I dropped down a lot. My dogs got tired so I took about a 4 hour rest. Day 4: I'm still in 21st place. It's still -3 degrees. I brought my knife with me which came in handy, because the sled got stuck on a huge chunk of ice so I had to start hacking with my knife. Day 5: The scenery here is breath taking, I've already seen 4 deer, 3 bears and 1 fox. The snow covered trees remind me of winter in Chicago. Day 6: I lost one dog but I still have 15 dogs. and you will never believe this, I'm in 5th place!!! I hope I can get to 1st place. Day 7: Man it's really cold. It's Sunday (I think) and all the dogs are holding up well. I already use my 24 hour rest. Day 8: I'm still in 5th place but it's still awesome. being out here is a rush. With every wind I feel like i've mooved 3 miles in 2 seconds. Day 9: Wow this is awesome. I am in 2nd place!!! I have a feeling I just might make it to 1st. Day 10: I'm feel like I might start jumping up and down. I'm in 1st place!!!!! I've literally DREAMED this would happen, but I never thought it would really happen. This is more exciting then, well just about anything I've ever done! Grace: Day #1: On day one, I went over all the things I had in my sled. I'm really nervous. I want to win so bad. The race is about to start. Day 2#:My dogs are doing very good. I have only lost one. So I have 15. I am going to give my dogs the 24 hour break on the 6th day. Since there is only 12 days. then on the 8 day I would give my dogs the 24 hour rest. Right now I'm in 15th place. Day #3: Right now I am at a checkpoint. Day #4:It's -8 degrees. I'm freezing and my face is getting frost bight. I haven lost another dog yet. Day #5: It is still negative 8 degrees. I have a lot of food still. And I'm feeling good today about the race. And I'm far enough into the race that I'm pretty used to the cold weather. Day #8: It is -22 degrees and I am in 16th place. Now I only have 10 dogs. I lost them over the weekend. Right now I am at check point Unalakleet. My dogs are eating and so am I. Yesterday my dog team ran into a bear they went crazy I throw a chunk of meat and it didn't run after it. So we just tried to mind our own business and just keep racing and after awhile the bear lost interest. Day #9:I haven't lost another dog yet. Day #11: Now I have 8 dogs and I just paced the last checkpoint. 14 teams have finished. Right now I am in 16th place. Brianna: Day 1: i can't believe this I'm in 38th place!!! and then i moved up to 5th place. Day 2: i can't believe this I'm in 6th place. the temperature is -3 degrees. i used to be in Skwentna and now I am in Rohn. i have 15 dogs out. all i have to do is pass up 5 people to get 1st place. Day 3: i can't believe this im in 5th place. the temperature is -8 degrees. i have 14 dogs out!

Emma:Day 3: I haven't been writing a lot But that is because of my great success I'm in 15th place!!!!! Day 4:I have gone back a bit but i am still in a great place almost in the top 20s!!!! I am in 23th place!!!!

Abby:

Edgar:

Matt: Day 5: Jeff King was in 1 place for two days, and now he is in 2, "make up your mind."

Sam: I can't beleive my luck! I have passed 10 people since yesterday! Unfortunately since I have been going so fast, It means one of my dogs needs to take a break. So now I only have 15 dogs. It's -19 degrees and I'm on fire! day5 My plan is working! I'm Slowley creeping up into first place! Already I'm in 27th place

Max:So far Im doing Okay im in 21 and gaining Day 2:I dropped back to thirty something happend to my sled luckly no dogs were injured Day 3:I got back into 29 but I lost 3 dogs BUMMER! Day 3;I got infront to day and am now in 19th. Day 4: So far im in 26th but I have only eleven dogs BIG BUMMER! Cali: Linwood Fiedler: Day 1: We have just started the race and i was in lead. But i have fallen a little behind and am in fourteenth. i am in finger lake now. Day 3: I am now in twentieth place. I have lost three dogs and am hoping i don't lose anymore. If i lose 2 more I'm out of the race. Day 4: I am in 28 now. i keep falling behind and i hope it dosent get any worse. I really hope I can get ahead. If i could bring one snack i would bring yogurt. I could leave it out and make frozen yogurt. Day 5: I'm not doing so well. I moved down about 20 places in one day. I only have 11 dogs left. i'll have to be extra careful

Monique:

Monique:Today is day three of the race. I am really proud of my dogs. They must feel cold because it is -3 degrees! But I am lucky I have not lost any dogs yet. I am feeling really proud because I was in 40 place but I dropped down to 19. So I am really proud. My dogs are pushing hard so I decided to reward them with a treat. And they ate it all! Day 4: Today it is -8 degrees. I am really cold. But my dogs must be warmer because I came across some dog coats. They started to take them off and they just backed off and growled so I kept them on. It is Thursday and my dogs are pulling hard. I am really proud cause I am in third place. But I am also really sad cause I lost two dogs in the race. But the rest of the 12 dogs are really getting into it. Today is day 5I hope I can pull this off and try to finish the race in the top 10 Sabastian Shnuelle: Include a picture from FLIKR.COM advanced search if you like. Make sure the picture is appropriate and applies to the question.

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