Porsild first to Nikolai, Holmes to be first to McGrath

It's a race to the 24s at the moment for the leaders of Iditarod 52. 

Late Tuesday morning Mille Porsild and her team charged into the checkpoint of Nikolai claiming the Spirit of Iditarod award. The veteran musher got right to work tending to her team to give them a little break through the heat of the day (temps were in the 30s). She was quickly joined by Travis Beals, Ryan Redington, and Dallas Seavey. Both Jessie Holmes and Matt Hall chose to continue on down the trail towards McGrath bedding their teams down on the trail.

After about a two hour break, Holmes was back on the move and is now just several miles from McGrath. Four miles behind is Travis Beals closely followed by Ryan Redington, Dallas Seavey, and Hunter Keefe.

For those wanting an update on Dallas Seavey's dog Faloo who was injured in a moose encounter Monday morning, she has had two successful surgeries, according to a post by Dallas's father Mitch Seavey, and "has gone from a 20% chance to about 50% chance of survival."