Iditarod Update – Race Day 8 King in First
Jeff King picked up the trophy and $2,500 in gold for being first to the coast, but don’t count Lance Mackey out. There was fresh snow on the long trail between Kaltag and Unalakleet and Mackey is down to 14 dogs. It is likely that Mackey preferred to rest his dogs by letting King’s 16 dogs break the trail, because he pulled over just a little passed Kaltag to camp knowing that King was withing two hours of him. There are times to lead, and times to follow in a long distance race, and new, heavy snow is a time to follow this far out.
[Cross-posted from Why Now annex]
