The
Iditarod is a dog sled race held every March in Alaska. The
2008 Iditarod will begin on March 1. In this race mushers (dog
sled drivers) force their dogs to run 1,150 miles from Anchorage
to Nome in 8 to
16 days over a grueling terrain. This is the approximate distance
between Los Angeles and Seattle, New York City and Miami, Chicago
and Houston. Mushers press their dogs to run at ever increasing
speeds, so that the dogs get little rest or sleep. The current
speed record is 8 days, 22 hours and 46 minutes,
less than half the time it took to run the first Iditarod race.
No dog wants to run so far and so fast.
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