What is the best site or tv channel to follow it?

 

In past years espn would have daily up date also found some on verses

 

Don't follow it as much as when I lived in Fai and either had dogs or sleds or gear in the race-15 yrs ago and backto the 70's I raced many Iditarod Mushers in other smaller races.

 

I lose way to much sleep following this race... both my cousin Dallas Seavey and uncle and 2004 champ Mitch seavey race every year. Unfortuanly this morning mitch got withdrawn as he almost cut his finger off and is in surgery right now.

 

Any idea where that Jamacian sled dog team is in the standing?

They had a team of Husky/GSP crosses I believe...

 

Any idea where that Jamacian sled dog team is in the standing?

They had a team of Husky/GSP crosses I believe...

Newton Marshal, currently in 30th place. Out of Ophir and headed to Iditarod.

 

I hope Martin Buser wins it this time! He's 4th now buy already did his 24 hour layover where the 3 in the lead haven't plus he's still got 14 dogs in the race!

 

Martin is awesome.

http://iditarod.com/race/race/currentstandings.html

I used to follow this closer when it was on USA network at night.
Lots of newer names.


stan b

 

Say Bubba- i've know the Seavely's for a long time-*( not real well) sorry to here about Mitch- I've been away hunting snow geese and not had a chance to follow the race-I'll catch up today- I gottaay I like old Rick Swenson- gotta be longest running guy and so far only 5 time winner-I like lance also and all the other guy i knew years ago and raced with or against. just looked standings over- some new faces up front-Buser and mackey look oK except that Lance is down to 9 dogs-ah well it keeps interest high to see new faces in front geoup.
Just checked standings again- kind of funny to see kids and even grand kids of folks I used to know and race against--Good friend Bill Arpino in Tok has a belt buckle from the First race- now that's a belt owned by very few elite folks- the race has sure coma a long way from 73.

 

Say Bubba- i've know the Seavely's for a long time-*( not real well) sorry to here about Mitch- I've been away hunting snow geese and not had a chance to follow the race-I'll catch up today- I gottaay I like old Rick Swenson- gotta be longest running guy and so far only 5 time winner-I like lance also and all the other guy i knew years ago and raced with or against. just looked standings over- some new faces up front-Buser and mackey look oK except that Lance is down to 9 dogs-ah well it keeps interest high to see new faces in front geoup.

Thats awesome, Dallas called at his 24 and said he is very confident in where he is at and his team is looking awesome. Said he is still riding the brakes really hard and is waiting to really open up and race towards the end like he did in the quest. Unfortunatly I know lance has been hit pretty hard with kennel cough but is doing well regardless. Buser has started dropping back a bit. He was looking strong early when they had fast packed trails. Sounds like the trail has slowed down a bit and gotten much softer and looks as if Buser is suffering. He is posting some pretty slow run times. This is one of the closest races in recent memory though as far as having 10-12 mushers this late in the race that all have a legitimate shot at winning. I am pretty excited to see how it turns out. That being said I think I'd want to be in Jon Bakers shoes at this point. I would love for him to win though, he deserves it.

 

A bit off topic, but last night History Channel ran a program on dogs. One focus was the conditioning of sled dogs, specifically about those that run the Iditarod. The conditioning that they go through is amazing. The conditioning we dog pales greatly in comparison. Granted, ours are trained for different disciplines.

 

Just an amazing amount of calories/day! Feeding a team alone is a feat in itself!!!

 

And EPENSIVE- we had a small yard and still spent over 15K on food alone and much of it we caught.

 

John Baker from Kotzebue just won the Iditarod. R. Smith is numer 2 I think.

 

Talk about a game that culls the herd. I think mushers are even with dog racers when it comes to putting dogs down and I don't mean 1 or 2.

 

Don't paint the whole crowd with one broad brush. A few bad apples get a lot of publicity, but most are not like that. Especially today... Let them celebrate the Iditarod. That is Alaska's Super Bowl. Former long time Alaskan regards.

 

I don't kno0w the reason behind the snide remark but culling is done in any animal sport and if you don't think FT or hunting dog breeders do it i have a bridge I's like to sell you- I've had to do my share of culling but so be it and done humanely why is it worse than late term abortions??

 

There was a very interesting article on sled dogs in an outdoors magazine I get about how they have a special enzyme(I think) that when pushed to the maximum of exercise and stress, they have an incredible ability to rebuild/restore muscle and oxygen much quicker than regular animals. The gov't is now looking into this for our troops. Has anyone heard of this? If you are interested I can try and find the article on the internet to post.

 

Please post and any reading suggestions on sled dog topics is welcome.

 

Here it is: http://outsideonline.com/outside/bo...om/outside/bodywork/201003/sled-dogs-human-athletic-performance-research-1.html

I picked this topic to study in one of my Biology classes. I found it interesting.

 

It's too late for this year, but the Idatorod Insider web site has total race information during the event, including a GPS tracking map. There is a fee to join, but you really feel like you are part of the race. Daily videos and commentary are all part of the package.

 

What's the Govt going to do now? buy 10 million dollars worth of dogs- research them for another billion or so and then throw them away?? Seems like a lot of their old research on various subjects.

 

The Iditarod's website has a lot of information - http://www.iditarod.com/

Aliy Zirkle (11th place) & her husband Allen Moore (24th place) also own a Lab & are members of the local retriever club. This year Allen received the Sportsmanship Award for coming to the aid of another competitor, and Aliy received the Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award for outstanding dog care. http://newsminer.com/view/full_stor...45633/article-Two-Rivers-musher-Aliy-Zirkle-takes-home-Iditarod-dog-care-prize? Their kennel blog is http://spkenneldoglog.blogspot.com/