SandBoxBlogs: Durango Herald "Three generations of Seavey sledders"

Mary Pemberton :
"The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ended last year for 2004 champion Mitch Seavey when he nearly sliced off one of his fingers while opening a bale of bedding straw for his dogs.

If the 52-year-old veteran Iditarod musher runs into trouble on the trail this year, he can count on family. His father, 74-year-old Dan Seavey, ran in the first Iditarod in 1973 and can provide inspiration.

Mitch’s 25-year-old son, Dallas, can provide a competitive push if he can catch him, which remains to be seen.

“My goal is to win the Iditarod,” Mitch Seavey said...."  (Read more?  Click title)

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SandBox Comments: Steamboat Today "Oak Creek resident Tom Thurston’s Iditarod send-off is Thursday"

Joel Reichenberger:
"Steamboat Springs — There’s no rest for the weary, at least not for Oak Creek musher Tom Thurston.

Routt County’s most prolific marathon musher is set to depart for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska with a send-off party from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Rex’s American Grill & Bar in Steamboat Springs.

The party comes less than 48 hours after Thurston wrapped up his run in the Race to the Sky dog sled race in Montana. He’s won the event before but finished fifth this year, using the race more as a finale for what’s been a winter of training in Montana than as a true test of his team’s speed...." (Read more?  Click title)

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