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alaska: It's a balmy 20 Farenheit and the Mushers are worried.... - 03/11/09 07:19 AM
 ...their teams will get tired.
Ahead of the pack is Aaron Burnmeister. He's a surprise to most. Running since he was 19, now 31, he is an unexpected leader. The trail is soft and slow and the year the pace is slower. Check out all the Mushers here....http://www.adn.com/photos/iditarod/story/703829.html?bib=56
 
The unusually warm weather - temperatures were above 20 degrees Tuesday afternoon - also was hard on the dogs, which prefer to run in colder weather.  Aliy Zirkle, a former Quest winner who was 10th into Nikolai, said her dogs had lost their appetite in the warm weather. They weren't eating … (2 comments)

alaska: Last GREAT Race on Earth.starts tomorrow! Ready, set, MUSH! - 03/07/09 10:43 AM
 

It has been called the "Last Great Race on Earth"
2009 Iditarod International Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska starts tomorrow. The race, which is also known as the "toughest race on earth," is an 1150 mile race that passes through five climate zones. The first race was held in 1973. The race spans beautiful Alaska. The mushers take the old Iditarod trade route that was used during the height of the gold rush in Alaska (mail and supplies went in and gold came out) and then the trail was forgotten when airplanes became the most popular method of transport. In … (3 comments)

 

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