Posts Tagged ‘Iditarod Trail Invitational’
At 2018 Finisher’s Banquet, Tales from a Difficult Iditarod
During the 2018 Nome banquet, each Iditarod finisher collected their winnings and took time to express gratitude. Although he didn’t finish this year’s Iditarod, veteran musher Scott Janssen was given the sportsmanship award for helping to rescue fellow musher Jim Lanier near the notoriously unpredictable stretch of Iditarod Trail known as the “blowhole.”
Read MoreFat-Tire Biker Wins 1,000-Mile Race Among Mushers on Front Street
45-year-old Jay Petervary of Idaho won the human-powered, 1000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational at 2:45 Wednesday afternoon, right between the finishes of mushers Jessie Holmes and Ramey Smith.
Read MoreNome’s Philip Hofstetter in Second Position in Human-Powered Race Across Alaska
It’s not only dogs: 14 human competitors are racing toward Nome on foot or bicycle in the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational.
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