Date: May 14, 2007 at 4:22 pm
An Interview with Iditarod Insider
Iditarod Insider: One on One with Lance Mackey, 2007 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion!
On March 23rd 2007, Lance Mackey came to the Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters in Wasilla Alaska. Lance had just picked up his brand new Dodge Pick up Truck from Anchorage Chrysler Dodge. He sat in […]
Date: April 26, 2007 at 4:30 pm
GCI School Access Brings the Race to Alaska’s Classrooms
“Can we check the race stats?” “Who’s leading?” “Where’s my musher?” “Has she taken her 24 yet?” Students finish their math quickly in hopes that extra time at the end of a class period might provide them with a few minutes to check the […]
Date: April 26, 2007 at 4:28 pm
WASILLA, ALASKA - Iditarod Trail Committee President, Richard Burmeister announced this afternoon that the ongoing independent investigation surrounding allegations that Ramy Brooks abused members of his team in Golovin on March 15, 2007 is not yet complete.
The investigation is being conducted by the Anchorage law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine. Investigators said that efforts to […]
Date: April 17, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Like Father, Like Son!
The 25th running of the Jr. Iditarod belonged to Rohn Buser! Buser, who in January had finished fourth in the Kuskokwim 300, started out in 12th position and by the time the mushers reached the Big Su checkpoint, he had passed the others and was in first place, where he stayed for […]
Date: April 17, 2007 at 4:34 pm
WASILLA, ALASKA - 2006 IDITAROD DOCUMENTARY RECEIVES EMMY NOMINATION
On Friday, April 13, 2007, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Northwest Chapter announced that the documentary “IDITAROD 2006, Mother Nature’s Turn to Dance” has been nominated for an Emmy Award.
“Mother Nature’s Turn to Dance” is a 95 minute long form documentary that was the […]
Date: April 11, 2007 at 4:43 pm
The 2007 IditaRider Musher Auction Can Relate To #13
This has been the year of the number 13 for the 2007 Iditarod. Although it was the 35th running of the Race, we have become very aware of the number associated with Lance Mackey’s bib. Lance made it known when he camped out for a week in […]
Date: March 22, 2007 at 4:48 pm
AAFES Is Home!!!
My sincere thanks to all those who have expressed their concern for my missing dog Aafes. This dog became detached from the team while negotiating through deep overflow and high winds outside of the Rohn checkpoint on the Alaska Range. Words can not express the happiness of having this dog safely back home!
Aafes […]
Date: November 6, 2006 at 5:48 pm
King converts barn for his latest innovation: Altitude training
KASILOF, Alaska — Jeff King’s dogs nap on simulated mountaintops and run through real valleys - a one-two combination that experts who train Olympic athletes, Tour de France cyclists and the NFL’s Chicago Bears advise for peak fitness.
Many athletes have turned to altitude chambers - hoping to […]
Date: October 27, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Lindner hopes to make waves in 2007
KASILOF, Alaska — When word got out this past summer that 2006 Iditarod champ Jeff King converted his own Goose Lake into an exercise pool for his racing dogs, several other stories emerged of mushers who’ve gone to similar measures to keep their canine athletes fit through the offseason. […]
Date: October 16, 2006 at 11:21 am
KASILOF, Alaska — It seems you can almost never trust a die-hard Iditarod musher who claims to be retiring. Mike Williams has joined the ever-growing list of mushers who’ve claimed to be hanging it up for good, only to return a year later.
After a dozen Iditarods, he took a year’s hiatus in 2006 to relieve […]
