Just in time to boost ticket sales to 8 Below, the “Last Great Race on Earth” has begun. Started to celebrate the sport of mushing and then modified to commemorate the run of life saving serum to Nome in 1925, the Iditarod is now the premiere dog race in the world. The winner gets $795,000.
The race is so dangerous that one musher already punctured the center of an eye during a training run. Emergency surgery will save the eye but she is racing anyway.
We’re in Day 2 of the race and Lance Mackey is in first place. OLN is covering the race but their TV schedule has the first broadcast almost two weeks away so we’ll keep you up to date here. We’re happy to report that no dogs have died yet on the trail though this happens every year. We don’t wish harm on any dog unless it’s one that Tim Allen turns into so that we, as a civilization, don’t have to be subjected to another of his movies.
Everything you wanted to know about the Iditarod:
[Wikipedia]: Iditarod entry
[Iditarod.com]: Learn About the Iditarod
