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Benoit Gerard
Benoit Gerard (r)
Amiens, FRANCE
Bib Number: 91
Final Position: 49
Checkpoint: Nome
Time In: Fri, March 14, 2008 11:51:52
Dogs In: 9
Finishing Time: 11 Days 20 Hours 51 Minutes 52 Seconds
Average Speed: 3.65 MPH

Benoit Gerard, 34, is from Amiens, France. He first became interested in running the Iditarod when he read Gary Paulsen's book, Winterdance. He currently lives in Kotzebue, Alaska, and trains with John Baker. Gerard began mushing in 2002 and his racing experience includes the Seeley Lake Race in Montana and Norway's races, the Femundsløpet in 2006 and 2007 and the Finnmarksløpet in 2006. He says his interests include reading, jogging and mountain biking.

Sponsors: John & Iva Baker/Team Baker;
Musher Printout: Benoit Gerard
Checkpoint Distance Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time
Enroute
Speed
(mph)
8
Hr
24
Hr
Status
Anchorage 0 03/01/2008
13:18:00
12
Willow 73 03/02/2008
16:58:00
16
Yentna 115 03/02/2008
21:17:00
16 03/02/2008
21:20:00
16 0h 3m 4h 19m 9.73
Skwentna 149 03/03/2008
00:53:00
16 03/03/2008
06:46:00
15 5h 53m 3h 33m 9.58
Finger Lake 194 03/03/2008
12:17:00
15 03/03/2008
12:28:00
15 0h 11m 5h 31m 8.16
Rainy Pass 224 03/03/2008
22:40:00
15 03/03/2008
22:42:00
15 0h 2m 10h 12m 2.94
Rohn 272 03/04/2008
03:52:00
15 03/04/2008
09:56:00
15 6h 4m 5h 10m 9.29
Nikolai 347 03/04/2008
20:10:00
15 03/05/2008
04:07:00
14 7h 57m 10h 14m 7.33
McGrath 401 03/05/2008
11:27:00
14 03/05/2008
11:32:00
14 0h 5m 7h 20m 7.36
Takotna 419 03/05/2008
14:26:00
14 03/06/2008
16:00:00
13 25h 34m 2h 54m 6.21
Ophir 444 03/06/2008
18:51:00
13 03/06/2008
19:06:00
13 0h 15m 2h 51m 8.77
Cripple 503 03/07/2008
10:31:00
13 03/07/2008
17:51:00
12 7h 20m 15h 25m 3.83
Ruby 615 03/08/2008
10:56:00
12 03/08/2008
19:49:00
11 8h 53m 17h 5m 6.56
Galena 667 03/09/2008
04:20:00
10 03/09/2008
14:22:00
9 10h 2m 7h 31m 6.92
Nulato 719 03/09/2008
21:57:00
9 03/10/2008
07:58:00
9 10h 1m 7h 35m 6.86
Kaltag 761 03/10/2008
13:06:00
9 03/10/2008
18:31:00
9 5h 25m 5h 8m 8.18
Unalakleet 851 03/11/2008
12:09:00
9 03/11/2008
20:05:00
9 7h 56m 17h 38m 5.10
Shaktoolik 893 03/12/2008
02:42:00
9 03/12/2008
09:44:00
9 7h 2m 6h 37m 6.35
Koyuk 941 03/12/2008
16:01:00
9 03/12/2008
23:14:00
9 7h 13m 6h 17m 7.64
Elim 989 03/13/2008
05:47:00
9 03/13/2008
11:15:00
9 5h 28m 6h 33m 7.33
White Mountain 1035 03/13/2008
17:30:00
9 03/14/2008
01:30:00
9 8h 0m 6h 15m 7.36
Safety 1090 03/14/2008
08:36:00
9 03/14/2008
08:38:00
9 0h 2m 7h 6m 7.75
Nome 1112 03/14/2008
11:51:52
9 3h 13m 6.84

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