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- Select Musher (Bib):
Musher 2008 Iditarod
Presented by Under Armour
Last Update: 03/18/2008 18:45 AKDT Orange = Last Updated
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Rudi Niggemeier (r) |
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Salzkotten, GERMANY
Bib Number: 52 |
| Final Position: 43 |
| Checkpoint: Nome |
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Time In: Fri, March 14, 2008 04:55:28 Dogs In: 13 |
| Finishing Time: 11 Days 13 Hours 55 Minutes 28 Seconds |
| Average Speed: 3.74 MPH |
Rudi Niggemeier, 51, was born and raised in Germany. He has been a car dealer in the "beautiful small town of Salzkotten," since 1975. Rudi has been running dogs since 1995 and says he became interested in running the Iditarod after spending his first winter in Alaska in 2002. Now, he says he spends all winter in Alaska with "dogs, nature, nice friends and sled dog competition." and is running a team from Sebastian Schnuelle Blue Kennels. He says, "The Iditarod is after three years of learning, a great goal for me." Rudi enjoys outdoors, biking, sailing and dogs. He is the father of two, Jan, age 16 and Sven, age 21. |
| Checkpoint | Distance | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest | Time Enroute |
Speed (mph) |
8 Hr |
24 Hr |
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| Anchorage | 0 | 03/01/2008 11:52:00 |
12 |  |
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| Willow | 73 | 03/02/2008 15:40:00 |
16 | |
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| Yentna | 115 | 03/02/2008 19:37:00 |
16 | 03/02/2008 19:45:00 |
16 | 0h 8m | 3h 57m | 10.63 | |
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| Skwentna | 149 | 03/03/2008 05:21:00 |
16 | 03/03/2008 05:26:00 |
16 | 0h 5m | 9h 36m | 3.54 | |
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| Finger Lake | 194 | 03/03/2008 11:03:00 |
16 | 03/03/2008 15:53:00 |
16 | 4h 50m | 5h 37m | 8.01 | |
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| Rainy Pass | 224 | 03/03/2008 20:12:00 |
16 | 03/04/2008 04:40:00 |
16 | 8h 28m | 4h 19m | 6.95 | |
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| Rohn | 272 | 03/04/2008 09:44:00 |
16 | 03/04/2008 14:46:00 |
15 | 5h 2m | 5h 4m | 9.47 | |
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| Nikolai | 347 | 03/05/2008 03:41:00 |
15 | 03/05/2008 08:54:00 |
15 | 5h 13m | 12h 55m | 5.81 | |
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| McGrath | 401 | 03/05/2008 15:55:00 |
15 | 03/05/2008 16:04:00 |
15 | 0h 9m | 7h 1m | 7.70 | |
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| Takotna | 419 | 03/05/2008 18:45:00 |
15 | 03/06/2008 20:15:00 |
15 | 25h 30m | 2h 41m | 6.71 | |
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| Ophir | 444 | 03/06/2008 22:43:00 |
15 | 03/06/2008 23:02:00 |
14 | 0h 19m | 2h 28m | 10.14 | |
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| Cripple | 503 | 03/07/2008 13:43:00 |
14 | 03/07/2008 23:14:00 |
14 | 9h 31m | 14h 41m | 4.02 | |
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| Ruby | 615 | 03/08/2008 09:56:00 |
14 | 03/08/2008 19:00:00 |
14 | 9h 4m | 10h 42m | 10.47 | |
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| Galena | 667 | 03/09/2008 01:23:00 |
14 | 03/09/2008 08:57:00 |
14 | 6h 34m | 6h 23m | 8.15 | |
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| Nulato | 719 | 03/09/2008 15:21:00 |
14 | 03/09/2008 22:23:00 |
14 | 7h 2m | 6h 24m | 8.13 | |
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| Kaltag | 761 | 03/10/2008 03:50:00 |
14 | 03/10/2008 10:03:00 |
13 | 6h 13m | 5h 27m | 7.71 | |
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| Unalakleet | 851 | 03/11/2008 02:25:00 |
13 | 03/11/2008 11:30:00 |
13 | 9h 5m | 16h 22m | 5.50 | |
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| Shaktoolik | 893 | 03/11/2008 17:35:00 |
13 | 13 | 6h 5m | 6.90 | |
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| Koyuk | 941 | 03/12/2008 10:19:00 |
13 | 03/12/2008 15:55:00 |
13 | 5h 36m | |
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| Elim | 989 | 03/12/2008 22:17:00 |
13 | 03/13/2008 05:42:00 |
13 | 7h 25m | 6h 22m | 7.54 | |
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| White Mountain | 1035 | 03/13/2008 11:38:00 |
13 | 03/13/2008 19:38:00 |
13 | 8h 0m | 5h 56m | 7.75 | |
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| Safety | 1090 | 03/14/2008 02:20:00 |
13 | 03/14/2008 02:23:00 |
13 | 0h 3m | 6h 42m | 8.21 | |
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| Nome | 1112 | 03/14/2008 04:55:28 |
13 | 2h 32m | 8.68 | |
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Race Statistics provided by Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc. © 2008