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Bookmark or Share- The Beginning - IditarodThe Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first ran to Nome in 1973, after two short races on part of the Iditarod Trail in 1967 and 1969. The idea of having a race over the Iditarod Trail was conceived by the late Dorothy G. Page.
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- 24 mushers enter the running for the 2025 Iditarod on opening dayPosted by Iditarod_Staff in Iditarod Date: June 29, 2024 3:55 pm As of 2:30 p.m. today, 24 mushers have submitted their entries for the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, scheduled to start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 1, 2025 with the official Restart taking place the following day in Willow.
- Iditarod Race HistoryThe Winter Olympics at one time was considering adding sled dog racing as an event and several sled dog races were held in Norway in conjunction with the 1994 games. Although the race’s fame causes many people to think of the Iditarod Trail when they think of traveling to Nome, the trail is actually impassable during the spring, summer, and fall.
- Race Center - IditarodDoug Swingley, 1995 Champion, completed the course in 9 days, 2 hours, 42 minutes and 19 seconds to become the first musher from outside of the state of Alaska to ever win the Iditarod. Since that time, records have been broken and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has continued to celebrate the importance of the dogs of the Iditarod.
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