Iditarod 2008

One Musher down...95 to go...As bid number one is permanently assigned to a dead musher...it never rides on a musher in this race anymore. So 96 teams ran the first 11 miles of the 2008 Iditarod. A good practice run for many as the "wipe out" rate was numerous on the Tudor end of the track...next year I will watch at the end not the beginning... G.B.Jones, musher number 45 ran the ceremonial start through Anchorage then announced his retirement and with drew from the race. He has ran five races, scratched three, finished two his best in 2002 finishing in 57th. G.B. Jones has written and published a book called "Winning the Iditarod"... Now my prediction for this race is 23 scratches...this keeps with the average of past races...the top five are going to be close...Jeff King has his "Eye of the Tiger" playing on his Ipod to remind him that Lance Mackey in no easy rival...Lance has plotted and planned and with his numerous dogs and years of mushing as well as having his little brothers coming in behind him...he has a lot riding on this race...now the other three in the top running are not the picks of the pack for me.... Rick Swenson has been sliding back wards in the past several years...but with the challange between Mackey and King...he may just make a come back and finish again in the top five...Not the other two I have no clue who to chose...the guy from Homer...well a home town boy he is not...summers in Homer...winters in Idaho...hmmm....Brittany says Rohn Buser..."he is dreamy"...so my top five picks are in... Lance Mackey, Jeff King Rick Swenson Martin Buser Rohn Buser (this boy being named after a check point...will at least make it to Rohn hehe) GOOD LUCK to all the teams and may the best ipod win!!