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	Joe Runyan

	Cliff, NM, USA Bib Number: 83
	Final Position: 61
	Checkpoint: Nome
	Time In: Sat, March 15, 2008 15:52:04 Dogs In: 14
	Finishing Time: 13 Days 0 Hours 52 Minutes 4 Seconds
	Average Speed: 3.32 MPH
	Joe Runyan, 57, was born in Oregon. He was raised in Idaho and moved to Alaska in 1969, where he lived for 25 years. He graduated from Oregon State University in 1970 with a degree in zoology. In Alaska, he commercially fished and ran a kennel of sled dogs. During his 25 years in Alaska, he lived either on the Yukon River or on the Tanana River. He began mushing in 1971 and became interested in the Iditarod while trapping on the Yukon and listening the news of the '73 Race on a portable radio. He won the Yukon Quest in 1985 and then the Iditarod in 1989, becoming the first musher to have won both the long distance races. He says, "But some of my best experiences may have been expeditions on the Yukon River trapping with legendary woodsman Freddie Jordan by dog team." Joe says that his current occupation is "self-unemployed business ventures." "After a fifteen year hiatus from dog mushing, I have been unbelievable lucky. Rachael Scdoris and Timmy Osmar asked me to be a part of their team in 2008. I just could not say ‘no' to this wonderful opportunity. As many in the mushing community already know, Timmy is recovering from a very serious ankle and leg injury. Therefore, I will be running Timmy's beautiful Iditarod team and acting as Rachael's visual interpreter. Rachael and Timmy have dusted me off, got me back on the runners, helped prepare the dog team, organized strategy, and to them I owe a ‘huge thank you.'" He is the father of Zac, 32, Seneca, 28, Zetdi, 21 and Zabeth, 18. He says his hobby is animals of all kinds. He's had fish farms, mules, sled dogs, homing pigeons, hounds, cattle and bird dogs. "My present business venture is to consume TNT bombing range contaminated plants with special microbe inoculated sheep. So.. new hobby is sheep.

Musher Printout: Joe Runyan
Checkpoint	Distance	Time In	Dogs In	Time Out	Dogs Out	Rest	Time Enroute	Speed (mph)
Anchorage	0			03/01/2008 13:00:00	12
Willow	73			03/02/2008 16:42:00	16
Yentna	115	03/02/2008 21:35:00	16	03/03/2008 03:17:00	16	5h 42m	4h 53m	8.60
Skwentna	149	03/03/2008 06:28:00	16	03/03/2008 13:35:00	16	7h 7m	3h 11m	10.68
Finger Lake	194	03/03/2008 19:05:00	16	03/04/2008 02:17:00	16	7h 12m	5h 30m	8.18
Rainy Pass	224	03/04/2008 06:08:00	16	03/04/2008 12:30:00	16	6h 22m	3h 51m	7.79
Rohn	272	03/04/2008 18:03:00	16	03/04/2008 21:58:00	16	3h 55m	5h 33m	8.65
Nikolai	347	03/05/2008 15:28:00	16	03/06/2008 00:14:00	16	8h 46m	17h 30m	4.29
McGrath	401	03/06/2008 06:26:00	16	03/07/2008 08:00:00	16	25h 34m	6h 12m	8.71
Takotna	419	03/07/2008 10:08:00	16	03/07/2008 10:28:00	16	0h 20m	2h 8m	8.44
Ophir	444	03/07/2008 12:51:00	16	03/07/2008 19:06:00	16	6h 15m	2h 23m	10.49
Cripple	503	03/08/2008 10:40:00	16	03/08/2008 19:15:00	16	8h 35m	15h 34m	3.79
Ruby	615	03/09/2008 11:22:00	16	03/09/2008 19:47:00	15	8h 25m	15h 7m	7.41
Galena	667	03/10/2008 02:20:00	15	03/10/2008 10:00:00	15	7h 40m	6h 33m	7.94
Nulato	719	03/10/2008 17:36:00	15	03/11/2008 02:21:00	15	8h 45m	7h 36m	6.84
Kaltag	761	03/11/2008 07:15:00	15	03/11/2008 12:50:00	15	5h 35m	4h 54m	8.57
Unalakleet	851	03/12/2008 07:09:00	15	03/12/2008 15:16:00	14	8h 7m	18h 19m	4.91
Shaktoolik	893	03/12/2008 21:10:00	14	03/13/2008 09:24:00	14	12h 14m	5h 54m	7.12
Koyuk	941	03/13/2008 16:08:00	14	03/14/2008 00:54:00	14	8h 46m	6h 44m	7.13
Elim	989	03/14/2008 07:28:00	14	03/14/2008 12:56:00	14	5h 28m	6h 34m	7.31
White Mountain	1035	03/14/2008 18:04:00	14	03/15/2008 07:01:00	14	12h 57m	5h 8m	8.96
Safety	1090	03/15/2008 12:52:00	14	03/15/2008 12:53:00	14	0h 1m	5h 51m	9.40
Nome	1112	03/15/2008 15:52:04	14				2h 59m	7.37