Libby here!

Hello Boys and Girls,

I hope you have had time to go to the musher listing page and see all of the mushers who have signed up for this year’s Iditarod.   If not, go to the link that you will find after my name, and you can visit that part of the website.

When you look at the musher listing, you can see that a few mushers have already withdrawn from the race.  Are you wondering what that means?  My job as reporter is to help you with the ‘little details’ that you need to know.  I will help you understand what a withdraw before the start of the race means.

When a musher withdraws before the start of the race, the musher has decided not to race this year.

Reasons for this decision can be a personal reason like the health of a musher, concerns about money or sponsorship, or not enough trained dogs to run the race.  The Iditarod website does not usually give you a reason why a musher withdraws but you can be sure that the musher made the decision for a good reason.

One thing you can do is make a list of good reasons that a musher can have to make a decision to withdraw.   Then, think about good reasons that you might have when you or your family have to stop doing something.

Just Spinning de ‘tails’,

Libby