Nic messing with my neatly pidgeon-holed three groups (why should I expect any different? )by resting longer at Mile 604 than the custom 4 hours. He has been there 5:45 hrs and isn't moving. If he rests for 6 hours, he could be doing the same as Hunter - resting long and running fast. But this drops him further than the 1:30 he was behind Jessie... have to see what any speed does to catch him up again?
Ryan just arrived at the front of the pack in Kaltag - dogs look good, trotting perkily in. In arriving first, he wins $2,000 and 25 lbs of Bristol Bay Native Corp. sockeye salmon. They parked him off in a spot that is very snowy and although slightly packed down, he still post-holed down to his thigh, floundering in the snow while caring for his team.
We should get a good snapshot of speed over longer distance from this (although frankly, they could hold their teams back and let others go ahead, to keep an eye on them) since Ryan, Richie, and Pete left EI within 12 mins of each other. I can't see that any of them stopped on this last 60 mile run over to Kaltag.