2010 Iditarod

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38th Annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
6 March 2010 at the ceremonial start of the race
Venue	Iditarod Trail
Location	Alaska
Dates	March 6–16, 2010
Competitors	71
Champion
Lance Mackey
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The 38th Annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race saw 71 participating teams from the United States, Jamaica, Canada and United Kingdom. The ceremonial start was held in Anchorage on March 6. The official restart was held one day later in Willow.^[1]

On March 16, 2:59 pm, Lance Mackey arrived at the burled arch in Nome, taking the championship with a time of 8 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 9 seconds. He became the first musher to achieve four consecutive Iditarod victories, and the second musher to complete the trail under 9 days.^[2][3]

Hans Gatt arrived at 4:04 pm. He had overtaken third-place finisher Jeff King near the final stretch, after Elim.^[4] Four-time champion Jeff King was the third to finish at 5:22 pm. While King had initially held the lead in the middle stages of the race,^[5] he was overtaken by Mackey at the Kaltag checkpoint — King had stopped to rest while Mackey pushed on.^[6][7] If King had won, he would have tied the record set by Rick Swenson for most Iditarod races won. King has said that this would be his final Iditarod.