Iditarod 37
As the milestone 30th birthday approaches for James R. "Ramey" Smyth, the hair is thinning and the serious thoughts about life have at last begun. A 10-time veteran of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a top-five finisher last year, Smyth still enjoys the carefree life of a low-budget musher.
With the sun beating down on a springlike day and dogs snoozing quietly on beds of straw, optimism ran high among rookie mushers resting in the foothills of the Alaska Range during the 2004 Iditarod.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race XXXIII will belong to legally blind musher Rachael Scdoris.
Nobody stops in Safety.
Jeff King's newfangled sled was the talk of the Iditarod Trail during the 2004 Iditarod race, prompting curious stares from race fans, technical questions from fellow mushers and an occasional wisecrack from the peanut gallery about his Barcalounger On The Snow.
Some mushers prefer silence, others keep iPods handy
During the 2004 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, rookie Dennis Kananowicz obviously planned to spend as little time as possible at the Takotna checkpoint, doing what some mushers call a "hit and run."
Check out daily galleries from this year's race, and seven years worth of past Iditarods.
Track the race on the musher gallery leader board with updated results and standings.
Follow the mushers along the Iditarod trail's northern route, with live standings at each checkpoint.
Check out the The Last Great Race from the fans' perspective as readers post photos from every checkpoint along the Iditarod trail.
Armchair Musher: Sebastian Schnuelle
Musher Sebastian Schuelle will be following this year's Iditarod on snowmachine and writing about it for the ADN.
Follow the news and notes leading up to the Iditarod and, after the race begins, live from the trail.
Latest posts
Seavey on why he sued: 'I feel like I'm doing the right thing' 5/22 5:14 PM
Jonrowe wins dog care award; Mackey honored for sportsmanship 3/18 9:44 PM
Happy trails 3/16 2:47 PM
Third-place Ramey Smyth: 'I almost didn't get to the start line' 3/16 7:15 AM
Meet the Sled Dogs: Colleen & Penny 3/15 7:09 PM
Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey greets Aliy Zirkle in Nome after she finished in second place, an hour behind Seavey.
Happy mushers make for happy dogs. And vice versa, Iditarod racers say. Iditarod musher Brent Sass and Armchair Musher Sebastian Schnuelle explain it.
Race leaders Aliy Zirkle and Dallas Seavey talk about their race strategy in the last half of the Iditarod.
Scott Janssen's dog Marshall, who was resuscitated by Janssen on the trail, has a homecoming in Anchorage.
While resting at the Takotna checkpoint, 2011 Iditarod champion John Baker talks about whether Aliy Zirkle could win the race, what fans should make of the pace and how you might catch him dancing to 80s music on the dog sled.
We asked Dan Seavey who has the faster team, Seavey's son Mitch or his grandson, Dallas.
Iditarod rookie Matt Failor was the last musher to leave the Skwentna checkpoint on Monday morning. Failor, from Mansfield, Ohio, explains why it's all part of the plan and why doesn't expect to stay in last place for long.
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