We hate it when an 'outsider' wins (LOL)

Lance pulled into Nome this morning at 2:46 local time. He ran the race in 9 days, 11 hours, 46 seconds. Not a record, but close. He was fighting the finish with Jeff King from Montana (who has won 4 times, and the first that did not live in Alaska to win)

Lance took advantage of Jeff at the last check point where Jeff was sleeping...Lance snuck out of town while he slept. Lance said that he was down to 12 dogs, and Jeff still had 16, so the only way to win was to dupe him while he slept LOL!!!

Congrats Lance; He won the purse and a brand new truck.

that is way cool! I remember going to the start of the Iditarod when I lived in Anchorage!

hey Dot .. that is so cool ...

friends down here have a sled dog team .. but I have no clue of where they go or when ...

thanks for sharing!!

I homeschooled my son for six years and each year we did a unit on the Iditarod. Their website was wonderful - full of great info and fun stuff.

You live in a beautiful state!

cool congrats lance and hats off bold move and a good one

That's so cool. My 11 year old had to do a project earlier this year as if he was a musher running the Junior Iditarod. Each kid in the class had to pick a musher and pretend that's who they were. They had to complete a bio and a journal of their training and race. My son picked Patrick Mackey (Lance's nephew). We learned so much about both the junior race and the actual Iditarod. The training is unbelievable.

I can hardly wait to tell my son who won. I'll bet someday Patrick wins, too. This is a family tradition for the Mackeys.

I got to hang out in Nome a couple of years ago, while waiting for a flight to St Lawrence Island. The locals were telling me how much the town swells up during the Iditarod - must be crazy there right now. Lots of free rounds at the Golden Nugget!