Iditarod Race Coverage

Take a Look at the 2010 Iditarod Awards…

May 17, 2010 at 09:40 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

By clicking here now! This special edition of the 2010 eRunner includes photos and captions of the awards presented at the 2010 Finisher’s Banquet in Nome Alaska. For those who want to see the Awards presentations, please click here to get the Insider look of the awards banquet FREE! Read More »

The 2010 Iditarod Post Race ERunner is Online!

May 17, 2010 at 09:25 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

The 2010 Iditarod eRunner is available online right now. This edition of the eRunner is full of stories and photos about the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Click here to see it all! Read More »

THE TARGET® 2011 IDITAROD TEACHER ON THE TRAIL ANNOUNCED!

May 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

Wasilla Alaska – (May 13, 2010) – Martha Dobson, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, has been selected as the Target® 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. Martha Dobson, an educator at Mount Pleasant Middle School, North Carolina, teaches sixth grade English and Language Arts. Martha’s prophetic choice of a Gary Paulsen novel to teach her students, [...] Read More »

The 2010 Iditarod Winter Raffle Winners Are Announced!

April 11, 2010 at 06:32 PM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

The 2010 Iditarod Winter Raffle Drawing was conducted at 5 pm this afternoon at the Great Alaskan Sportsman Show in Anchorage. Twenty raffle ticket holders shared in more than $200,000 in prizes including four 2010 Dodge Ram Laramie Package “HEMI” 4×4 Quad Cab Pickup trucks. The CPA firm of Newhouse and Vogler, of Anchorage, Alaska, conducted [...] Read More »

THE 2010 IDITAROD WINTER RAFFLE IS SOLD OUT!

April 10, 2010 at 04:41 PM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

The 2010 Iditarod Winter Raffle officially sold out at approximately 2:30 pm Alaska time on Saturday, April 10th. The Winter Raffle is one of the Iditarod’s largest fundraisers. The revenue generated from this raffle goes toward staging the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The outpouring of support by Iditarod Race Fans throughout Alaska and around [...] Read More »

The 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Top 30 Musher Purse!

March 25, 2010 at 04:40 PM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

The 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race purse totals more than $560,000. Please click here to take a look at the breakdown of the top 30 mushers’ earnings for this year’s race. Read More »

DRUG TESTING RESULTS RECEIVED

March 24, 2010 at 11:45 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

Wasilla, Alaska – March 24, 2010 – Earlier today WorkSafe, Inc. provided the first of its findings to the Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) from its drug testing efforts during this years race. Testing of samples from the majority of mushers who finished Iditarod XXXVIII are now complete. There were no adverse analytical findings, or positive tests, through [...] Read More »

IDITAROD 2010 VOLUNTEER POTLUCK SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT!

March 24, 2010 at 08:43 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

IDITAROD XXXVIII all volunteer potluck is scheduled for 6 pm this evening (March 24th 2010) at the Millennium Alaskan Hotel in Anchorage Alaska. This annual festivity is a great opportunity for volunteers who participated in the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to join together and share the many memories they have of the [...] Read More »

A Tribute To Canadian Musher Hans Gatt

March 22, 2010 at 02:48 PM Alaska Time by Bruce Lee

Hans Gatt turned in his best Iditarod finish ever but said at the finish line he most likely won’t run the Iditarod again. Though he sounded sincere, time will tell as many mushers say they won’t race again but time fogs the memory of the pain of the trail and off they go again. None [...] Read More »

A Little Insight on 4 Time Iditarod Champ Jeff King

March 22, 2010 at 02:39 PM Alaska Time by Bruce Lee

Jeff King arrived at the finish line in Nome in third place with a great looking team that any musher would be proud of. If my numbers are right even though he finished third, he posted his fastest time ever with the clock stopping at 9 days, 2 hours & 22 minutes. Listening to Jeff reflect on [...] Read More »

Iditarod Elder, Dick Forsgren, Joins Joe Redington Sr. on the Trail

March 22, 2010 at 02:32 PM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

Richard Ellis Forsgren, 87, died March 19, 2010 at the Pioneer Home in Palmer AK. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 PM at the American Legion in Wasilla, Mile 46 Parks Highway on Thursday, March 25. Dick was born December 20, 1922 to Ellis and Goldie Forsgren in Portland, OR. Dick joined the Army [...] Read More »

2010 Iditarod Finishers Banquet A Full House

March 22, 2010 at 02:54 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

The 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s Finishers Banquet was full of standing ovations and great cheers for what will certainly be one greatest races, in the now thirty eight year history of “The Last Great Race on Earth.” Lance Mackey accomplished four back to back Iditarod Championships. Iditarod rookie Celeste Davis shattered the Red [...] Read More »

He Might Make It Look Easy… But Lance Mackey and His Team Worked Hard For This One.

March 21, 2010 at 11:24 AM Alaska Time by Bruce Lee

History was just made. For the first time ever someone has won four Iditarods in a row. On top of that Lance also won two Yukon Quests & Iditarods in the same year. We may never see a run like this again. Someone winning six out of eight thousand mile races in four years. In Nome [...] Read More »

DAVIS WINS THE 2010 WELLS FARGO RED LANTERN

March 20, 2010 at 09:59 PM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

The 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially ended at 8:06 this evening (Alaska Time) when Dear Lodge Montana rookie musher, Celeste Davis (Bib #58), made her way under the Burled Arch of Front Street in Nome Alaska with 9 dogs on her team. The 37 year old musher made the trek from Willow to [...] Read More »

The Iditarod Is Much More Than A Race!

March 20, 2010 at 06:49 PM Alaska Time by Bruce Lee

The last few teams have made their way to the burl arch at the finish line of the 2010 Iditarod. For many this is often a time of mixed emotions. Some mushers are just glad to be in Nome and glad that it’s over. Some arrive here knowing this was a once in [...] Read More »

STEWART SCRATCHES IN WHITE MOUNTAIN

March 20, 2010 at 09:21 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

IDITAROD XXXVIII rookie musher John Stewart, (Bib #69) scratched at 8:00 a.m. Alaska Time (March 20, 2010) in White Mountain Checkpoint. The 24 year old musher from Aberdeen, Scotland had 7 dogs on his team when he made the decision to scratch. He felt it was in the best interest of his team [...] Read More »

It’s Not OVer Til It’s Over!!!

March 19, 2010 at 09:15 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

The Iditarod isn’t over. The top teams are in but mushers are still moving up the trail looking for trail markers, putting on booties thinking about their dogs and the finish line. Dogs are still getting off their straw and running down the trail, one foot after another. Till the last team comes to the finish line, the ”Widows [...] Read More »

DEBRUIN SCRATCHES IN NULATO

March 16, 2010 at 05:47 PM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

IDITAROD XXXVIII rookie musher Hank Debruin, (Bib #45) scratched at 5:08 p.m. Alaska Time (March 16, 2010) in Nulato Checkpoint. The 47 year old musher from Haliburton, Ontario, Canada had 13 dogs on his team. Debruin made the decision based on his team’s ability to continue to compete in the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled [...] Read More »

MACKEY MAKES IT FOUR

March 16, 2010 at 05:32 PM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

IDITAROD XXXVIII Musher Lance Mackey (Bib # 49) arrived in Nome Alaska at 2:59 pm Alaska Time with 11 dogs, and is the first musher in Iditarod Race history to win four back to back Iditarod Championships. Mackey gave all the credit to his team and his leaders… especially his three year old female [...] Read More »

Epic Is The Only Word That Comes to Mind!

March 16, 2010 at 08:16 AM Alaska Time by Iditarod Staff

This has been an epic race with epic dog teams and the final chapter is about to be written here along the Bering sea coast. This is a vast open landscape with rolling hills, open tundra and an endless horizon of sea ice. The lead teams at this point are all in White Mountain and Lance [...] Read More »