Iditarod rookie Jed Stephensen was trying to calm his nerves yesterday, ahead of the race, by thinking about the trail in small sections. “Little thoughts, like just getting down the trail and stopping in about 50 miles,' he said. 'No big thoughts.'
Iditarod rookie Jed Stephensen said he was trying to have “only little thoughts” as he packed his final items in his sled in Willow.
The sun was shining on him and 32 other mushers at the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which went off without a hitch Sunday afternoon.KatieJo Deeter’s lead dogs get ready in the race chute. While Stephensen was working at calming his nerves, defending champ Brent Sass seemed to have nerves of steel. Sass was cool as a cucumber, giving news interviews while hugging the youngest member of his team.
2010 Iditarod musher Kathleen Frederick watched the race from Long Lake. She was eager to see Wade Marrs, her neighbor who has leased and purchased dogs from her kennel.
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