You know how we all love a good race? In March, I enjoy watching the Iditarod [https://iditarod.com/] dog sled race, which next year will celebrate its 100th anniversary.
They call it “The Last Great Race,” and it's a wild ten days of looking after dogs, figuring out your strategy, navigating, and just enduring nature. For about 1000 miles, these mushers look after sixteen dogs in harness going a chill 8-10MPH.
I'm all about the race for the stats and strategy. Crunching the numbers on sled speed and per dog speed is just so cool. Seeing how a sled team matches their pace with the terrain, saving some juice for those tough headwinds - it's a masterclass in strategy and resilience.
I use this dashboard I put together to track the racers. When the race hits the halfway mark, I'm all over the MPH per dog stats - best way to guess who might reach Nome, Alaska first. As for who will win the $2M purse, I would predict Ryan Redington (2023 winner), Millie Porsild or Dallas Seavey (five-time winner).
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1moLooking good team! Did yall fly in Buter for this?