Nome bid farewell to the hoopla of Iditarod Week Monday with officials, sponsors, and most of the teams and fans back home by Monday - but not everyone has had enough of Nome and her mushing trails. Put on by the Nome Kennel Club, the Nome to Golovin 200 mile sled dog race is set to take off Thursday night with seven teams vying for the top spot.
Of the seven teams running this year's race, one just completed the nearly thousand mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race. After almost a week long "break" from competing the team will be back out on the trail covering some of the same miles they just ran across days earlier.
Several other teams flew in for the race hoping to keep their season going just a little bit longer. And then there are the local teams, many attached to the kennel club as members of the board. It's a celebration of local and statewide talent that this year hopes to also bring a light to the opiod epidemic. The race plans to have each team carry Narcan in their sleds as a way to bring awareness and education to the area.
Teams will run from Nome to White Mountain and onto Golovin where they will have a mandatory six hour rest before turning around and heading back to Nome. Team must also take an additional six hours of "floating rest" which mushers will log in their logbook and it will be verified using the trackers. For the whole set of rules you can find them via the kennel club website.
The mushers have their bib numbers already, though they won't have their musher's meeting until Wednesday. Vet Checks will happen Thursday before the teams take off Thursday Night. They expect a finish on Saturday.
So let's take a look at this small but mighty roster.
Musher Roster
*Roster as of March 24 @ 8:30pm AKDT.
How to Watch
Official Website
There's not a whole lot of information on the race
via the website, but the basics are there. You can also learn about the Nome Kennel Club - including its impressive history.
Trackers
The race has confirmed that there will be
trackers provided by trackleaders. Considering fans have gone into major tracker withdrawl after Iditarod finished, this will no doubt give great relief to many.
Social Media
The
Nome Kennel Club's facebook page has given great info on each team running this weekend as well as info on the race itself. They've become pretty active lately and hopefully that will continue during the race.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
6PM - Musher's Meeting
Thursday, March 26, 2026
9am-12pm - Vet Checks
6pm - Race Start
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Finishes to happen throughout the day.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
2pm - Musher's Banquet
Are you ready for another race? Who are you looking forward to seeing race down the trail? Comment below with your thoughts!
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