TRAIL UPDATE

Our lead pack has reached Ruby with Casey Fagerquist arriving a few hours ahead of Petr Ineman and a very determined Jill Martindale, who's had a spectacular race this year.

Behind them is Finnish bike athlete Jussi Karjalainen, who is progressing steadily towards Ruby.

His countryman, and fellow bike racer Toni Lund has arrived in Cripple where he is expected to be joined by Kiwi racers George Adams and Graham Muir, the strong Italian cyclists Roberto Gazzoli and Willy Mulonia as well as foot racer Beat Jegerlehner, who has been moving very fast on the ITI1000 course, and strong Danish skier Asbjørn Skjøth Bruun.

Most of the athletes have been racing together from Ophir and will reach the checkpoint shortly.

Behind them, closing in on Ophir is foot racer Klaus Schweinberger.

The dogs have been passing our racers today so traffic has been high on the Trail and Cripple is busy tonight.

Pictured below is athlete Jill Martindale, seen Pre-Race. Jill, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the only woman left in the ITI race.

Go Jill! #WildWinterWomen