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Iditarod a confidence-builder for rookie musher

...elementary school he would dream about the Iditarod as the current standings were read aloud...state in Rohn on rest while mushing the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Using his knife...him?" said the 21-year-old rookie Iditarod musher. "It was like, 'Holy smokes...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-29/iditarod-confidence-builder-rookie-mush
State
Love of sport, not money, draws Iditarod mushers

...if they win Alaska's 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.The prize for winning...is being played out this week in the Iditarod, which kicked off with a ceremonial...halfway checkpoint at the ghost town of Iditarod. Earlier in the race, a $500 air travel...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-07/love-sport-not-money-draws-iditarod-mu
Sports
Iditarod plans changes after sled dog death

...Changes are planned for Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race following the asphyxiation...home.Dorado belonged to the team of Iditarod rookie Paige Drobny of Fairbanks, 38...said this week that the couple asked the Iditarod Trail Committee to develop new protocols...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-21/iditarod-plans-changes-after-sled-dog-d
State
Arduous Iditarod demands mushers' tactics, tricks

...Here's one proven way to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: Let others take...the famous sled dog race. Running the Iditarod is as simple and straightforward as hitching...followed by another musher with impressive Iditarod credentials - four-time champion Lance...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-05/arduous-iditarod-demands-mushers-tacti
Sports
PETA seeks criminal charges in Iditarod dog death

...asphyxiation death of a dog removed from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has outraged animal...McLarnon.Dorado belonged to the team of Iditarod rookie Paige Drobny of Fairbanks, who...of illness, injury, or tiredness. Iditarod officials have said Dorado was otherwise...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-20/peta-seeks-criminal-charges-iditarod-do
State
Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start

...in the ceremonial start of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.The 1,000-mile...Nistler of Beach, N.D.Nistler said the Iditarod was on her bucket list following her...ago."I've been in love with the Iditarod for over eight years," she said...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-03/iditarod-kicks-festive-ceremonial-star
Sports
Former champion reclaims lead in Iditarod

...Alaska - Alaska's famous 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has come down to...Sled positioning trackers showed 2004 Iditarod winner Mitch Seavey 12 miles ahead of...his hometown. If he were to win the Iditarod, one local official said, it could...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-12/former-champion-reclaims-lead-iditarod
Sports
53-year-old musher becomes oldest Iditarod champ

...53-year-old former champion won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the oldest...he said on a live stream posted to the Iditarod website after completing the race in...year at age 25, he became the youngest Iditarod winner, beating Zirkle to the finish...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-13/53-year-old-musher-becomes-oldest-idit
Sports
Sleds off as 41st Iditarod race begins in Alaska

...launch the 41st running of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Now 65 teams will...western coast 1,000 miles away.The Iditarod kicked off Saturday with an 11-mile...Martin Buser.They are among six past Iditarod winners in the running. Mackey, of...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-04/sleds-41st-iditarod-race-begins-alaska
Sports
Woman who finished 2nd in 2012 takes Iditarod lead

...who finished second in last year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race grabbed the lead...than three hours after Buser. Former Iditarod racer Sebastian Schnuelle said her team...along the trail and keeping a blog on the Iditarod website, said he encountered Zirkle...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-09/woman-who-finished-2nd-2012-takes-idit
Sports

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