Jeff King, The iditarod racer won the race. He won a new car and 69,000$ prizes. It took him 9 days, 11 hours,and 11 minutes to win on the hardest track plotted. He was 50 years old and he still won. In Nome, Alaska He was placed in the 4 times winners of the iditarod. After 1.am he claimed his victory.
Michael,
I wonder what got you interested in the Iditarod. It is a great race, and one of the last great challenges out there. I have a relative who raced in it, and he trained for a very long time. We used to worry about him when he left to race, but he loved it. I think that it would be great to meet Jeff King and ask him what makes him try so hard. What would you say to him? Would you ever want to race in the Iditarod?
Posted by: Ms. L | November 01, 2006 at 07:16 PM
Hi Michael,
Thanks for sharing the winner of the last Iditarod.
Did you know the race has a great history? One of my favorite tidbits of history about the race is about Balto. You can read about him here:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sleddogs/balto.html
Balto is in Cleveland (not far from where I live) and many of us know his history here. Have you heard of Balto? What do you think of his story?
Best,
Lani
Posted by: Lani | November 05, 2006 at 02:33 PM