Mushers and their teams are waking up and getting ready for the Ceremonial Start of the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Follow the Alaska's News Source Iditarod Live Blog during the entire race to get up-to-the-minute updates.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Last Great Race kicks off in Downtown Anchorage on March 4. Follow along for all the latest updates on the race action.After securing the 2022 Iditarod win, Brent Sass is excited to bring his team back to the starting line.
“Well I mean, it’s the southern route, so you’re definitely looking at things differently than the northern route,” Diehl said. “A lot of times, southern route you have a little more weather going up the Yukon anyway — I mean I’ve only done it four times, we haven’t done the southern route many times. A lot of times it’s a softer trail too, just kind of got to factor that in and take it as it comes and adjust if you need to.
“Going out first, ahead of all the other Iditarod mushers, this is like my party time right now, no sort of stress right now whereas all the Iditarod mushers are looking forward to tomorrow like ‘it’s going to be another 10 days out there’ right now.”Mushers and their teams are waking up and getting ready for the Ceremonial Start of the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Among them was Grand Prairie, Alberta’s Aaron Peck, who is returning for his 10th Iditarod.
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