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Hi Boys and Girls, Everyone is heading to Fairbanks today for the Restart tomorrow. Since today is a quiet day, I thought I’d go over the Race update sheet. Once the race starts, you can go to: http://iditarod.com/race/current-standings/ for the latest updates. There are no updates yet so I am using one from last year. …
Hi Boys and Girls, The Ceremonial Start of Iditarod 2017 took place on Saturday in downtown Anchorage. This is not the official start of the race. That will happen on Monday in Fairbanks. The Cermonial start is festive and fun. The teams line up on 4th Avenue in starting order. Family, friends and …
Hi Boys and Girls, The Musher Banquet was held Thursday night at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage. This banquet is for all the mushers, their families, friends and fans to come together before the start of the race. Fans are able to walk around and talk with their favorite musher and get …
The big event of the Thursday evening Musher Banquet was drawing for bib numbers. After the mushers sign up at the summer picnic, their names are drawn from a hat to determine the order in which bib numbers will be drawn. Those mushers were in the first draw for bibs 2 through 45. The second …
Hello friends, On each Thursday before the Iditarod, the mushers all …
Hello friends, My K-9 friends who are running in this year’s Iditarod have been busy preparing for the race, and one of the things they have to do is a Vet Check. There are about 50 Veterinarians who volunteer their time to take care of the K-9 athletes during the Iditarod. The dogs need an EKG, …
The weather in Wasilla for Vet check provided a lesson in what it can be like on the trail. The temperature was 10 degrees with bright sun. The wind, sustained at 27 mph and gusting to 57 mph, gave everyone something to think and talk about. The wind chill ranged from minus 11 to minus …
Hi Boys and Girls, A couple of weeks ago I had to go to the Vet for my annual checkup. They weighed me, checked my heart and lungs, looked at my teeth, ears, eyes etc. Then I got a shot. I sure didn’t like that. If I’m good, and I was, I always get a …
When mushers arrived at the halfway point of the Jr. Iditarod, they rested for ten hours plus their start differential. To explain that, bib #14 was the last person to start so no time was added to his ten-hour rest. Bib #13 had 2 minutes added… all the way up to Bib #2 who had 24 …
Hello friends, Whether you are at home or in school, my guess is that you are learning. While you’re doing that where you are, there is a group of teachers here in Anchorage from Alaska and the lower 48 states. There is even a teacher here from Hawaii! They are all a part of the Iditarod Teaching …