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Someone Get That Fat Lady A Coat

By oddJoe ⋅ March 14, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The Fat Lady Singing We’re all well aware of the old axiom “It ain’t over ’till it’s over” and we know a lot can happen in the final stages of the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race, from broken sleds to dog team injuries to running into buffalo, but it appears that Jeff King is going to win his fourth Iditarod championship. He was the first into and out of Elim, just 130 miles or so from the finish line in Nome, and has extended his lead to nearly four hours over second place Doug Swingley. The real race now is for third place, with three mushers — Paul Gebhardt, DeeDee Jonrowe, and Aliy Zirkle — all pulling out of Koyuk within a span of 10 minutes. (And for all you Dutch fans of dog sled racing, Ben Valks is still the Red Lantern holder.) If you can spare a few minutes at the office between Jim Nantz-like debates over the NCAA brackets, you can check out King’s progress at the official Iditarod site.