AK Trip--Day 12--March 14, 2007

Martin's in, at 4:07:04 AM, with 10 frisky looking dogs! Hey, 4th place ain't bad. He had a good crowd of race fans there to greet him, along with some rather vocal barflies. Zack Steer finished about 20 minutes ahead of him. Dad and I drove out as far as the bypass road to watch Martin come in on the sea ice. His dogs were scooting along pretty well as they got closer to the Nome lights. We parked Bonnie's truck back at her place just in time to see Martin go by on Front Street, then I jogged down to the finish line to watch him get interviewed and checked in. MB said he's got a laundry list of things to improve upon for next year, and said he thought he needed to go somewhere and start writing them down. Dad was on the side of the finishing area snapping some photos, so maybe I'll be able to post some in the morning. For now (4:28 AM), I'm off to get some much-needed sleep!