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It's a competition that pits one dog driver, called a musher, and a team of dogs not only against other racers but against the (often cruel) forces of Â­Mother Nature. Named for a town in Alaska, the race ceremonially sets off from downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on the first Saturday in March.
This year's Iditarod dogsled race is being run at a record pace, with leaders unusually close together, officials said Thursday. DeeDee Jonrowe led a pack of fast-driving mushers towards the halfway point of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.