Tag: iditarod
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December 23, 2009 11:39 AM EST --
The last great race, the Iditarod, will start March 6, 2010 from Achorage Alaska. The race to Nome will follow the northern route this year as they do on all even numbered years. The race . . .
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March 04, 2007 05:35 PM EST --
2007 Iditarod Gets Official Start
At 1:45 PM AST (that’s 5:45 EST), the official start of the 2007 Iditarod will get underway in Willow. The temperature is expected to be around 16 degrees with . . .
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March 07, 2007 10:53 AM EST --
Day Four Of The 2007 Iditarod
With the 2007 Iditarod well underway, a rough trail and bitter cold have taken their toll. Due to the extremely icy trail between Finger Lake and Rainy Pass several teams . . .
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March 10, 2007 09:14 AM EST --
Four teams have passed through Grayling and are headed to Eagle Island, a distance of 60 miles. They are facing into North winds of 15 mph with temperatures at 0 to 5 above and will have areas . . .
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March 17, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
Because Matt is an Iowa boy, I am very proud of his accomplishment in entering Iditarod 35 and finishing in his rookie year in 41st place. You can read more about how he got into Sled dog races on . . .
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March 07, 2008 04:26 PM EST --
Iditarod 2008
The 2008 Iditarod is in progress in Alaska. The actual race began last Sunday just North of Anchorage in Willow AK. They had the ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday . Ninety five . . .
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March 08, 2008 11:49 AM EST --
It is drawing to the end of week one of the Iditarod, the Last Great Race, as some call it. The 1,112 mile route from Anchorage to Nome in getting shorter as mushers and their teams make the run to Nome. . . .
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March 12, 2008 10:31 AM EDT --
Iditarod 2008 Won By Lance Mackey
Lance Mackey gets his second Iditarod win passing under the burled arch in Nome AK at 2:46 AM AK time on March 12,2008. It was literally a two man race between Lance . . .
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March 02, 2007 07:42 PM EST --
Iditarod XXXV Starts March 3 in Anchorage Alaska
Beginning in 1973 the Iditarod Race was established to honor those who took part in the Great Serum Run of 1925 to carry the diptheria anti-toxin to Nome . . .
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March 03, 2007 03:58 PM EST --
All 82 sled dog teams and mushers have left Anchorage in the ceremonial beginning of the 2007 Iditarod Race in Alaska. The mushers draw for starting position and Perry Solmonson was first to leave . . .
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March 05, 2007 06:09 PM EST --
Progress On The Iditarod Trail
As I write this at 5 PM CDT, 58 sled teams have reached Finger Lake , a distance of 224 miles from Anchorage. Of these teams, 25 . . .
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March 07, 2007 04:46 PM EST --
The athletes of the Alaskan race know as the “Last Great Race On Earth” are the sled dogs. While most of these dogs are referred to as Alaskan Huskies, this term is somewhat confusing. . . .
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March 07, 2007 07:41 PM EST --
Among the hundreds of volunteers who give their time to make the Annual Iditarod in Alaska work are the members of the Iditarod Air Force. The group of 32 pilots give their time and airplanes so . . .
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March 09, 2007 07:48 PM EST --
******* Big Changes On The Iditarod Trail*******
Martin Buser was first into Anvik, making him the winner of the First To The Yukon Award presented in the form of a gourmet meal prepared by the head chef . . .
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March 11, 2007 04:29 PM EDT --
Day 8 of the 2007 Iditarod
Jeff King beat Martin Buser out of Kaltag by 13 minutes headed toward the Unalakleet checkpoint.
Paul Gebhardt was out of Kaltag about two hours later with Lance Mackey only . . .
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March 12, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
Lance Mackey comes from a sled dog racing family. His father Dick Mackey won the Iditarod in 1978, his 6th try, wearing the bib number 13. His brother Rick Mackey won the Iditarod in 1983 wearing . . .
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March 17, 2007 06:52 PM EDT --
Having been through the experience of following the Iditarod race for years, and getting my second grades classes interested in it, I am convinced that there is no better example of perseverance . . .
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March 21, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
The last person crossing the Iditarod Finish Line in Nome Alaska is presented with the Red Lantern Award which represents the perseverance the long Iditarod run requires. Ellen Halverson . . .
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March 05, 2009 01:31 PM EST --
I'm taking my second grader class on an adventure to Alaska. Of course we can't really go there but I will take them there via books and pictures for the running . . .
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March 24, 2009 08:53 AM EDT --
The Red Lantern Award will go to Timothy Hunt who crossed the finish line in the Iditarod Race in Nome this morning. Eleven blocks from the burled wood arch over the finish line, an unlit . . .
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