Iditarod Tails March 8, 2017 10:00 AM

March 8, 10:00 a.m.

  The glass ceiling is back as Aliy Zirkle is no longer in the lead and to find a woman musher in the top ten you have to go to mush past 6 men as the a bunched group of 8 mushers only 1 hour and 17 minutes apart have left Tanana 227 miles from the start in the early morning starting at 1:07 a.m. (hope it is not snowing with a full moon): Wade Marrs, Dallas Seavey, Peter Kaiser, Mitch Seavey, Nicolas Petit, Joar Ulsom, Michelle Phillips and one minute behind in 8^th place Aliy Zirkle.  The leading rookie in 15^th place is Sebastian Vergnaud from Rioux, France. Ray Redington, Jr., the grandson of Joe Redington, Sr., a cofounder of the Iditarod, is in 17^th place and has left Tenana at 5:09 this morning;  Dee Dee Jenrowe is in 38^th place still in Tenana. The Berington twins Anna and Kristy are 45^th and 46^th arriving in Tenana two minutes apart; rookie Laura Neese only 20 years old has dropped back to 57^th ; Cindy Abbot a true inspiration for us all is in 68^th place out of Manley; Ellen Halverson has moved out of last place leading the rookie Jimmy Lebling out of Manley by almost 2 ½ hours. Not sure who the very tired looking musher is but he bears a strong resemblance to Paul Ryan during hunting season: