While Hanna Lyrek is a newbie to the Iditarod, she has already proven her mettle in long-distance dog mushing. At age 19, she won the 2019 600-kilometer Finnmarksløpet, one of the biggest races in Europe.
Now, Lyrek is 22, more than halfway through her first Iditarod and is the rookie closest to the front, setting her up to win this year’s Rookie of the Year award.
Also, she said, normally she would kick or run behind her sled, but the fast trail made that futile. Instead, she did exercises to stay warm through the night and morning. She said a run through theBut overall, she said, her first Iditarod has been pretty good. as the “world´s first professional long-distance dog sled team, with some of the best mushers in the world.”Mushing runs in Lyrek’s family. Her dad, Don Lyrek, was an Iditarod musher who competed in the 1995 Iditarod. He is American. Her mom is Norwegian. Her dad flew into McGrath, at race mile 311, to watch her race. Both parents will meet her in Nome. “I saw my dad on the trail at a checkpoint, but I haven’t talked to them,” she said. “I’m really enjoying myself.
She said she tried to go to college in Alta, but she withdrew after less than a year because she was too busy taking care of her dogs.
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