Ed Stielstra

[dilli]

(((John))) *incoming mandatory marmite brownies and cocoa break *

Ed Stielstra led 15 finishers in Michigan's U.P. 200 sled dog race, crossing the line eleven minutes and 25 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

[bourgeois_rage]

Awesome! Great news to hear, this morning.

[Coaster]

Marquette's The Mining Journal posted a story on Ed's win: http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/505760.html?nav=5006.

[bourgeois_rage]

http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=39098

[BB Backer]

Checkout Ed Stielstra's dog profile http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2008/02/1 ... e-starman/.
I love Ed's comment. "He is not necessarily the sharpest knife in the drawer but hey, neither is anybody who wants to run the Iditarod.”

[bourgeois_rage]

Stielstra to run 4th Iditarod with best team yet http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=39173

Personally, I'm interested to see where Ed winds up. He ran tours on a glacier this summer, so I have to think that his training is much better than in years past.

[Coaster]

I think that Ed should be able to break the Top 30 this year.

[Coaster]

http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2008/02/29/and-the-winner-will-be/
I must say that I am surprised that Jon Little would pick Ed for a possible top 5 finish. I can see him breaking the top 30 and maybe even the top 20, but I am really skeptical about him finishing in the top ten.

[bourgeois_rage]

It goes against Ed's history, but his work on the glacier over the summer should give him a better time than in previous years. Top 5 is very optimistic, however.

[Coaster]

If my calculations are correct, it Ed arrived at Rohn 32 hours after he left Willow. Ed is running 12 hours faster than he did in 2006.

Edit: Photos of Ed and dog at the Iditarod site:
http://www.iditarod.com/learn/imagesfromthetrail/gallery.html