Iditarod adjusts Robert Redington’s rest schedule after mistaken early release

Iditarod officials are adjusting Robert Redington’s race schedule after he was mistakenly released early from Nikolai. (Photo of Iditarod restart by Ben Matheson/Alaska Public Media)Iditarod officials are adding 50 minutes to Wasilla musher Robert Redington’s Yukon River layover after he was inadvertently allowed to leave the Nikolai checkpoint 50 minutes before the correct release time.
Race Marshall Mark Nordman in a statement from the Iditarod Trail Committee, says the early relea