You know you’re a serious Iditarod fan if the weather app on your phone contains locations along the Iditarod Trail – Willow, Skwentna, Nicolai, McGrath and Iditarod. You’ve seriously got the bug if you check the weather where the mushers are before you check your own weather! The temperature this morning under a clear sky …
Rookie Iditarod musher Sean Williams (bib #35) of Chugiak, Alaska, scratched at 6:21 a.m. today in advance of the Iditarod 49 start. Williams made the decision to scratch due to a non-COVID-19-related family health concern.
Aaron Peck, wearing bib #2 led the mushers out of the chute. Victoria Hardwick, wearing bib #48 was the final musher to depart for the round trip to Iditarod. This was the destination Joe Redington Sr. originally had in mind and thus the namesake. Nobody seemed to know where Iditarod was and nobody was interested …
Iditarod is more than a race. It’s people, places and dogs. Each aspect adds immeasurable character to the Iditarod. Iditarod is all about the dogs yet we often know them only by how fast they ran and where they finished as a team. Certainly every musher could tell stories about every dog they’ve ever run. …
In 1973 sweethearts, wives and family stood with tears in their eyes as the mushers departed the start of the inaugural Iditarod. Would they ever see their men again? They were trying something that had never been done before – racing from Anchorage to Nome by dog team. Many thought it couldn’t be done but …
If asked what Iditarod is, you’d say it’s a 1,000-mile sled dog race that goes from Anchorage to Nome. Nice clean definition but there’s so much more to it than that. It’s PEOPLE, PLACES and DOGS! Here’s a story about an Iditarod PLACE. Skwentna at mile 67 of the Gold Trail Loop will be the …
If asked what Iditarod is, you’d say it’s a 1,000-mile sled dog race that goes from Anchorage to Nome. Nice clean definition but there’s so much more to it than that. It’s PEOPLE, PLACES and DOGS! Here’s a story about PEOPLE of the Iditarod. Iditarod has many legendary figures. Many have stood on sled runners …
Mushers are very excited that Iditarod will happen in 2021. A great deal of science has been considered in making the race safe for everyone involved. Recently Iditarod CEO, Rob Urbach, announced that the Ceremonial Start in Anchorage was cancelled for the health and safety of the community as well as the mushers and …
We all remember when bubbles were wobbly iridescent spheres that floated forth from a magic little wand that was dipped in soap and waved in the air. Over the past year, BUBBLE has taken on new meaning – a transparent enclosure that protects from danger (disease) and unpleasant reality (COVID-19). This new bubble has …
A total of 12 rookies are set to take the trail in Iditarod’s Gold Trail Loop of 2021. There are three women and nine men attempting to complete the race for the first time. Ah you say, but what about Sean Underwood? He ran in 2020, so is he still considered a rookie?Sean scratched in …
