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Today I drove out to Iditarod Headquarters to visit during the vet checks for the Jr. Iditarod and then later, attended the Jr. Iditarod musher pre-race meeting. The Jr. Iditarod is a sled dog race for 14-17 year old students. They run an out-and-back course of 150 miles with ten dogs. At the halfway point …
We are so excited to announce that sales for the Educational Trail Mail Project are open! This is an amazing chance for your class to be a part of history by sending a piece of mail down the trail in one of the 2024 student designed cachets and help us raise funds for our education …
Four Veteran Mushers Sign Up for 2023 as the Sign Up window comes to a close The ITC is happy to announce the return of four veteran Iditarod mushers to the 2023 race. Welcome Christian Turner, Deke Naaktgeboren, Jessie Royer and Pete Kaiser! Christian Turner, from Mackay, Australia, began mushing in 2008 as …
We are so excited to announce that sales for the Educational Trail Mail Project are open! This is an amazing chance for your class to send a piece of mail down the trail in one of the 2023 student-designed cachets and help us raise funds for our education programs at the same time! It’s very …
Eight teams competed the 50th Iditarod on March 15th, also known as the Ides of March. The Ides comes from the Roman calendar originally noting the deadline for settling debts. In 44BC it was the day Julius Caesar was assassinated, a real turning point in Roman History. In 2022 it was the day marking the …
QRILLPAWS Femundløpet 2022 Race Schedule (Race hours are all Central Time) Race Day Thursday, February 3rd at 12 a.m. AST Learn more about Qrill Pet Arctic World Series events. Qrill Pet Arctic World Series: qrillpaws.com John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon: beargrease.com Femundløpet: femundlopet.no/ Iditarod: iditarod.com
Jennifer Dowling has served as the Iditarod information guru since 2015 when she took over the position as Race Comms Coordinator. In this position, she and the COMMS team are responsible for receiving and processing checkpoint times, dog counts, layovers, and all other race information, then publishing it on the Iditarod Insider and website. …
Hello friends, It’s getting closer – the 49th running of The Last Great Race! Teachers and students from around the world are gearing up by reading books, discovering mushers to follow, and preparing classrooms with maps. Schools and classes follow the race in various ways. Some read the free daily reports to see the progress …
Straw, HEET and trail markers for Iditarod 2021 Gold Trail Loop are ready to ship out to checkpoints. Volunteers bagged the straw, organized cases of HEET and thousands of lath trail markers, placed them on pallets then shrink wrapped the goods making it ready for shipping. What goes on behind the scenes to make this …
