Iditarod race

• The 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off this weekend, sending 66 dog-powered sleds on a two-week, 1,100-mile slog across Alaska.
(Huffington Post)
• It was all laughs, smiles and barks during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage on Saturday morning. Cant get enough? Relive the action from the 2011 Iditarod.
(FOXSports.com)
• ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Hundreds of dogs barked, bundled-up spectators cheered and snow fell steadily as 66 mushers and their teams began the 40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday with a run through downtown Anchorage.
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• Cant get enough? Relive the action from the 2011 Iditarod. In this year's annual dog sled race, which officially begins Sunday in Anchorage, racers and spectators will actually be seeing double thanks to a set of 28-year-old identical twins.
(FOXSports.com)
• The Alaska Ultrasport Iditarod Invitational is a human-powered race along the Iditarod Trail, the same route as Alaskas famed 1,000-mile sled dog race.
(Huffington Post)
• Defending champion John Baker and four-time champion Lance Mackey are among 66 mushers and sled dog teams that will begin the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a 1,000-mile trek across Alaska, on Sunday in Willow, about 50 miles north of Anchorage.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• The silliness is part of the plan for Taylorvilles 2nd annual Urban Iditarod, organizers said. The Saturday morning race pitted oddly attired competitors in place of dogs and wacky shopping carts in place of dogsleds.
(ksl.com)
• meaning hes looking to race. Cadzow, who will turn 25 on Friday, is looking at the big picture. For the next 10 or 15 years, Im committed to this, he said.
(Bradenton Herald)
• For the first time, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officials are requiring all dogs in the race to be vaccinated for kennel cough. Symptoms of the bug, a highly infectious upper respiratory infection, include a dry honking cough, gagging and retching.
(Anchorage Daily News)