Blankly staring at the Roman numerals XLI, especially the indecipherable L, one of my mushing colleagues broke my reverie and schooled me…
Lead dogs and their exploits are the subject of countless coffee table discussions. I once told a few friends about the trail finding ability of my leader Rambo. In 1989 he led my Iditarod team for over a thousand miles and secured a win with his steady, undeviating pace.
Professional fans offer tips
Professional Fan offers Tips By Joe Runyan The true Iditarod fan embraces am unapologetic curiosity days before the March 2 start. I once asked an AP reporter why he requested the Iditarod assignment, “Few sporting events change and evolve over a period of days. It doesn’t even matter to me who wins, because the individual …
Dallas Seavey Ready to Defend Title
Interview with Dallas Seavey, Iditarod 2012 champ and youngest, at age 25, to win. Read more…
Joe Runyan’s 2013 Iditarod Blog Three Weeks to Race Day Trail Report—-What about that article in the New York Times?—by Joe Runyan The New York Times featured an article February 5, 2013 with the attention getting title “Warm Weather Forces Changes Ahead of Iditarod Race (Mary Pilon).” Brought to my attention by an East Coast …
Friday March 16—? by Joe Runyan
Friday, March 16, Nome—- Tents coming down—View to the future——Can you see Russia from here? By Joe Runyan Mushers wandering about the community center, eating lunch at beach side restaurants, snacking their dogs in the dog lot, and seen in fresh street clothes now outnumber the mushers on the trail. The carnival tents are coming …
8PM Nome—Beach weather, relax in Nome—by Joe Runyan Finding the weather balmy, my work station stuffy, and desperately needing a contemplative walk, I put on my parka to retrace the trail for several blocks to a slip which communicates the mushers from a well used trail following the Bering sea beach to Main Street. The stroll should …
10 a.m. Thursday, March 15 —Busers use finish chute as canine playpen—Fans from Eugene—by Joe Runyan Finding that reporting reality has its limitation, since you can’t report Mushdom without exceeding the speed of light, I brush off a few criticisms from fans who hoped for more coverage of their favorite musher and happen to catch …
2 p.m. Nome Wednesday—Musher Migration continues—by Joe Runyan Musher migration continues at the Nome checkpoint, the siren blaring to all in this coastal community that another musher has arrived. Having determined that one cannot do all things, I have to admit my impulse to run to the finish chute is gradually being extinguished. Therefore, to …
4 a.m. WED, Nome finish, time it right and welcome three mushers, Jonrowe top ten by Joe Runyan
4 a.m. WED, Nome finish, time it right and welcome three mushers by Joe Runyan A stream of mushers follow in the tracks of 2012 Champ Dallas Seavey, filter into Nome at unconscionable hours. My hotel room phone rings at 4 a.m. and Dave Olson, a good friend of mine and also the 2012 Honorary …
