Fellow Fairbanks man and neck cancer survivor Lance Mackey won the Iditarod last night. He was the only one to win the Yukon Quest and Iditarod in the same year last year and he repeated this year. He almost lost but used some clever trickery to lull his competition (Jeff King) into a 2 hour nap at a late checkpoint (he pretended to sleep and then snuck out as soon as he heard his fellow musher doze off) which gave him an hour lead with under a hundred miles left. Most thought King would win until the nap as he was running with 16 dogs compared to Mackey's 11. Congrats Lance! Read here for more details.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Mackey Wins the Iditarod
Fellow Fairbanks man and neck cancer survivor Lance Mackey won the Iditarod last night. He was the only one to win the Yukon Quest and Iditarod in the same year last year and he repeated this year. He almost lost but used some clever trickery to lull his competition (Jeff King) into a 2 hour nap at a late checkpoint (he pretended to sleep and then snuck out as soon as he heard his fellow musher doze off) which gave him an hour lead with under a hundred miles left. Most thought King would win until the nap as he was running with 16 dogs compared to Mackey's 11. Congrats Lance! Read here for more details.
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