Restoring the Sacred

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Mushers' Banquet



Did someone ask how the starting positions are determined for each musher? Well, at the mushers' banquet (March 5th this year), each musher picks a number out of a hat, and that becomes both their Bib number and their position in the starting lineup. The video shows how husband and wife, Allen Moore and Ally Zirkle, became #6 and #24 respectively. At this point in the race (see date of post), Ally is leading Allen, and that probably will hold all the way to Nome.