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Kevin Bodhi of the Iditarod Insider was in Rohn to capture the events that unfolded after Aliy Zirkle suffered injuries, forcing her to scratch from Iditarod 49.
Veteran Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle (bib #32) of Two Rivers, Alaska, scratched at the Rohn checkpoint last night at 8:05 p.m. Zirkle was injured while coming in to the Rohn checkpoint. Iditarod Race Marshal Mark Nordman, based on information provided by a volunteer with medical training, notified the Alaska State Troopers and the Alaska Rescue …
Dear Alaska, By the time you read this, I will likely be on a dog sled racing across Alaska in my 21st Iditarod. This is also my last Iditarod. I will retire from competitive sled dog racing to spend more time with my husband, Allen. In 20 years, I started 20 Iditarods … and I …
The simple fact is they are born to run. A retriever retrieves and a sled dog RUNS!
You might think that Iditarod Dogs are always outside after all they are genetically equipped for that. Well hold your horses! That just isn’t the case at the Zirkles! 🙂 Sorry, Allen.
Veteran Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle of Two Rivers, Alaska, has been awarded the Iditarod XLVIII Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award, designated to a musher whose team demonstrates outstanding care of their race team while remaining competitive. The winner is determined by a combination of voting by trail veterinarians and independent scoring of the teams by three …
