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Mackey & King Battle it out for 1st Place.

Posted by admin on March 11th, 2008

In what is one of the closest Iditarods in 30 years, Lance Mackey and Jeff King left White Mountain this evening just one hour apart, and have over 70 miles to cover before crossing the finish line in Nome. The Iditarod website’s GPS function shows both teams going about 7 miles per hour, and [...]

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Leaders check into White Mountain

Posted by admin on March 11th, 2008

Leaving Elim early this morning, Lance Mackey made what could be one of the best strategic decisions of this incredibly close Iditarod. Mackey arrived into Elim running just a little bit slower than Jeff King who arrived within 3 minutes of the reigning champion. Mackey did what he has done at most checkpoints [...]

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