Iditarod musher Ryan Redington left White Mountain in first place with about a four hour lead over his closest competitors: Pete Kaiser and Richie Diehl. “Trying not to think about it too much, but we’ve got a huge lead,” Redington said.
Ryan Redington and his six-dog team left White Mountain in first place at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, after their mandatory eight-hour rest. They have just 77 miles to the Nome finish. Redington’s closest competitors are Pete Kaiser and Richie Diehl. Kaiser and his eight dogs left at 4:31 a.m., with Diehl and his seven dogs following six minutes later. A winner is expected later Tuesday morning.
“I didn’t know if Pete was going to go through or not, so I made the move to hopefully have good results in Nome,” said Redington.After his extended break in Elim, Kaiser made up some time on the way to White Mountain — but not a ton. He was still more than four hours behind Redington reaching the checkpoint.
The tightest race on the podium may be for second place. Kaiser holds a razor thin margin over Richie Diehl, who raced into White Mountain just eight minutes after Kaiser arrived. Diehl said he’s having fun as he eyes a top three placing in his 11th Iditarod. In Eagle Island on Saturday, reigning champ Brent Sass — who had been leading much of the race — dropped out citing a bad cold and three cracked teeth. Then Jessie Holmes, another early race leader, saw his team start to slow down.Redington got further ahead by making two marathon runs in the race’s final 300 miles — going nonstop while his rivals broke the trail into smaller sections.
“They’re smooth runners and I just feel like we worked hard for the training of them and to prepare them for this race,” said Redington.
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