Hello musher fans! This is Balladeer’s sister Rosemary. Tonight is the beginning of the fifth day of the Iditarod. Another exciting run and here are the five top mushers with their Wozniak appointed nicknames at 11:00pm ET:
1. Jeff (Yukon) King In to Ruby 3/10 3:02
2. Brent Sass, (the bad ass) Out of Cripple 3/10 12:16
3. Ally (Absolute Zero) Zirkle Out of Cripple 3/10 15:45
4. (Klondike) Ken Anderson Out of Cripple 3/10 17:44
5. Mitch (Pops) Seavy Out of Cripple 3/10 17:51
ALL TIMES ARE AT!
My broadcast partner, Ragnar the Terrier, is covering the Race via helicopter and his observation of his first Iditarod coverage was that it is a “heart-warming affirmation of the special bond that exists between dogs and human beings”
Ragnar here with a reminder that the Iditarod Race starts in 18 days. My Mom (Rosemary to many of you) is pretty much a Goodwill Ambassador for the event and always attracts all kinds of new eyes to the race. 
RAGNAR: Hello peeps! Ragnar here! I’m not a Huskie but I play one on tv. The 2016 Iditarod is just 37 days away and as always my Uncle Balladeer’s Blog will be the forum for my Mom’s inimitable coverage complete with on-the-spot nicknames made up for all the competitors. 
would be like to be alone in the Alaska wilderness…just you and maybe 18 well-trained sled dogs pulling your sled? Well, I have. I have been a fan and a follower of the Iditarod Race since the early 1990s and since around 2004 I’ve been able to virtually experience the thrills and spills of the race; admire the fortitude of the mushers and the 
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