Hey Folks,
Well, just as I was winding down and about to go to bed, the news comes in. Lance Mackey wins the 2008 Iditarod. What an amazing achievement! He won the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod last year, and repeated both wins this year. 1100 miles down the frozen Yukon River, and virtually the same set of dogs wins the 1000 mile Iditarod. They said nobody could ever win both. He won both in 2007 and just won’ em again. Congrats Lance.
Jeff King, 4-time winner, is about an hour behind, and looks set to take 2nd place.
Cheers
Carl
PS – Here’s a Photo of Lance in the 2009 Race.
PPS Lance passed in 2022. RIP.
It is an amazing achievement. Didn’t he have some kind of cancer at one time? Great race!!
Hey Beth,
I don’t know if he did or not. I know he’s a bad man, and he has some bad, bad dogs! 🙂 🙂
Cheers
Carl
Mackey is a stud!
Beth, he did battle throat cancer a few years ago. Winning both those races back to back years is an increditble feat!
hey Ron,
Thanks bud – I figured you’d know. Did you used to live in Alaska? 🙂
Cheers
Carl
woo!!! we’re watching it rite now!!
Hey Person,
Thanks – pretty awesome race, eh?
Cheers
Carl
Hi!!!
I´ve read a lot about Iditarod, although it´s quite a long time ago this year.
I´ve got a question: What´s about Sigrid Ekran?
In a newspaper I read she´s the winner of Iditarod, but you mentioned another name, so I´m really confused now.
Maybe I´m to stupid to understand, because I´m not from Alaska. Nevertheless, please help me!!!
Thanks in advance.
Hey Evelady
I’m not sure about Sigrid. Wasn’t she in the Rookie, or junior, event?
Thanks.
Cheers
Carl
Yeah. She was in the Rookie event!!!!
Thanks. ^^