Iditablog.com – Iditarod 2010 News and Coverage

We’re down to just one episode left of this fantastic show on the Discovery Channel.  This week, while we didn’t get much of a view of mushers who weren’t in the top 10 – it was very fun to watch the inside view of Lance Mackey on the trail, with Jeff King right behind him.  It was also fun to see local musher Rick Holt arrive at Unalakleet to the warm greetings of so many friends and supporters.  Lance’s sneak out of the Elim Checkpoint while Jeff King was still sleeping will prove to be a pivotal point in the race for both competitors and it was very interesting to see the betrayal that King felt upon waking.

Make sure you tune in next week as the race comes to a close and everyone arrives in Nome. We’ll see you next spring!

Iditarod 2008, Episode 5: Unalakleet – Elim

1. Unalakleet: Jeff King first into Unalakleet
2. Unalakleet: Monday Predictions
3. Koyuk: Lance first into Koyuk by minutes!
4. Elim: Into White Mountian & How Lance took the lead again

“Toughest Race On Earth: Iditarod” aired on Discovery Friday evening in it’s new day and time slot. The race is heating up as mushers arrived at the Bering Sea coast. Martin Buser & his son Rohn separated as Martin attempted to catch up with the race leaders, but he also realized it might be out of his grasp this year. Only two more episodes left, make sure you’re catching each show as it airs… We’ve got some surprises coming up in the next few weeks as well – keep your eyes on Iditablog.

Here are our “re-blogs” from the section of the trail that was covered in this week’s show.

Iditarod 2008, Episode 4: Cripple – Unalakleet

1. Cripple: Big Day for DeeDee & Details on the Ruby Award
2. Ruby: Mackey Reaches the Yukon River first
3. Ruby: Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
4. Nulato: Mackey holds the Lead….for now.
5. Unalakleet: Jeff King first into Unalakleet

The Discovery Channel announced last week that “Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod” is moving to Fridays at 8pm ET/PT starting Tomorrow – Friday, November 7. Iditarod will be paired with a new season of “Survivorman”…should be a great opportunity for more people to catch the race!

For a short summary of tomorrow’s episode, see below – we’ll also be back tomorrow evening with a re-cap, and a preview of next week’s show.  Make sure you don’t miss this opportunity to catch all the inside action of the Iditarod as over the next 3 weeks we see what it took to become 2008’s champion.

Friday, November 7th
With most teams now in their 24-hour break, Lance Mackey and Jeff King make up for time lost. Mackey is the first to Checkpoint: Ruby, leaving King both confused and frustrated. King devises a plan to win the race: He will let the returning champ lead and thus expend precious energy breaking trail. Rookie Darin Nelson becomes the latest musher to withdraw from the race — a sick dog team breaks his will to continue, and he chooses to scratch. Meanwhile the Buser family separates to allow former champion, Martin, a shot at the gold. It’s now a race to the coast along the mighty Yukon.