The Great Race Begins

Last Saturday, March 7th marked the start of this years Iditarod race. There are sixty-seven racers competing to win the race. To check the current standings please follow this link

Current Standings http://www.iditarod.com/race/race/currentstandings.html

As of the typing of this post the current standings are:
1st place ~ Sebastian Schnuelle, reached Nikolai at 11:29am
2nd place ~ Hugh Neff, reached Nikolai at 11:30am
3rd place ~ Paul Gebhardt, reached Nikolai at 12:03pm

As you can see it is a VERY close race between Sebastian and Hugh...what will happen next?

Only one musher has scratched so far. Bob Hickel made it as far as the Finger Lake checkpoint before scratching.

Please refer to the link above to check the status of your favorite musher!