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It’s been quite a ride: A 53-year-old former champion has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the oldest winner of Alaska’s gruelling test of endurance.
Mitch Seavey and 10 dogs crossed the Nome finish line to cheering crowds at 10:39 p.m. Alaska time Tuesday.
“This is for all of the gentlemen of a certain age,” he said after crossing the finish line in temperatures just above zero. His race time in the 1,600-kilometre race was nine days, 7 hours and 39 minutes. (Bill Roth/The Anchorage Daily News)
Photo, middle right: A musher and dog team cross the ice between the Rohn and Nikolai checkpoints. (Bill Roth/The Anchorage Daily News)
Bottom photo: Iditarod Air Force pilot Scott Ivany prepares to take off with a load of dropped dogs in his Cessna 185. (Bill Roth/The Anchorage Daily News)
Gross. Lindsey Vonn is feeling better after surgery, but her knee looks a little worse for wear in a recent photo she posted to Facebook. We hope you are not eating lunch. (Photo: Lindsey Vonn/Facebook)
This is how every Monday should begin: Competitors, one dressed as The Hulk, get ready to take part in the UK Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido on Saturday in London, England. Open to all comers the Championships involve swimmers of all ages and abilities. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Edmonton Oilers sit on bales of hay as they wait their turn to play in an game of outdoor shinny after the Oilers first day of NHL training camp in Edmonton, Alta., on Sunday. (Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
Austria’s Markus Duerager skis during the men’s World Cup downhill training on December 28, 2012 in Bormio, Italy. (Photo: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images)
Up in the air: Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury jumps during the men’s freestyle World Cup dual moguls skiing competition in Kreischberg, Austria on Saturday. Kingsbury placed third. (Photo: Kerstin Joensson/The Associated Press)
Winter Classic is dead: Not a good sign for hockey fans as the NHL cancelled the annual outdoor game, according to The Associated Press. This means there is a greater chance the season could be cancelled next.
99 reasons to start running, right now
The dog days of summer are upon us, but that’s no reason to give up on your exercise routine — quite the contrary, in fact, as Ben Kaplan details below (in 99 concise points).
