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With all the concern of where the re-start would be, it was a relief to hear the final decision and move onto things like speculating about the elite-ten. What looks good on paper and in theory doesn’t always turn out to be true when the runners hit the snow. As with anyone trying to pick …
by Sanka W. Dog After great runs with the team, I’ve been studying the Iditarod website, reading all the bio’s and doing research in the race archives. Here are my predictions about top-ten finishers in Iditarod XLII. Aliy Zirkle has finished second for the last two years. She’s run dogs her husband, Allen Moore, has …
This past weekend 40 mushers with 400 dogs assembled in Cantwell to run the Denali Doubles. The Doubles is the brain child of mushing innovator Jeff King. 2 Mushers share one team of 20 dogs. 20 dogs in one string, 20 dogs in 2 strings separated by one sled. 20 dogs pulling one sled with …
Time to put my writing hat back on after briefly leaving my armchair to climb over Rosebud and Eagle Summit during the Quest 300. Running a team of yearlings was entertaining at times, yet rewarding seeing them mature a bit. It was sure nice to see that beautiful part of interior Alaska again. Fellow Iditarod …
When it comes to training for Iditarod, there’s a word of advice out there shared by long distance mushers – the best way to train for a 1,000-mile sled dog race is to run a 1,000-mile race. That pearl of advice gained credence with Lance Mackey. In 2007 Lance won the Yukon Quest and turned …
By Bruce Lee Iditarod 2013 started off like a shot from a cannon. Martin Buser shocked everyone by trying a completely new strategy of running all the way to Rohn (188 miles) with only minimal breaks. Martin’s move stirred a great deal of conversation among the other mushers out on the trail. Some thought he …
The next Iditarod Qualifier Race is currently under way. Its aptly named the Copper Basin as that is where the majority of the race is being run, the Copper River drainage. Home of the Copper River “ Reds “, some of the most thought after Salmon in the world. Several other large Rivers have to be …
The 2013-14 racing season is finally under way. It has been a bit of a bumpy start in the Greatland in some regions, even Fairbanks, usually know for cold weather, was almost snow free until the first week of November and temperatures remained well above normal, often even above freezing. That meant training options were …
Hello Boys and Girls, It’s in the rules! Rookies MUST go to school, too. Rookie mushers are mushers who have signed up the race and have never finished an Iditarod. This doesn’t mean this is the first time they’ve entered Iditarod. Sometimes a musher starts the race but for some reason, they aren’t able to …
It was a pleasant day with more clouds than sun as volunteers, mushers and race fans gathered on the front lawn of Iditarod Headquarters to picnic and reminisce about the past race. At the same time in a tent just to the left of Balto’s statue, mushers were signing up, creating the first chapter of …
