Mackey Wins Dog-Sled Title

[Nick at Noon]

Eight dogs drag his grungy ass for 1,100 miles and HE wins !

Mackey Wins Record-Tying Third Straight Iditarod Dog-Sled Title
By Mason Levinson

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Race for a record-tying third consecutive year.

Mackey, 38, finished the 1,100-mile (1,770-kilometer) race in 9 days,
21 hours, 38 minutes. His closest competitors, Sebastian Schnuelle and
John Baker, have yet to reach the finish line in Nome, Alaska.

Mackey, from Fairbanks, Alaska, joins Doug Swingley, who won the race
from 1999 to 2001, and Susan Butcher (1986-1988) as the only champions
three consecutive years. The overall record for championships is four,
shared by Butcher, Swingley, Rick Swenson, Martin Buser and Jeff King.

Mackey’s father, Dick, won the Iditarod in 1978, while his older
brother, Rick, claimed the title in 1983.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aR6fQWdjtIgI&refer=us

[Winterblues]

1. Conditions were really good this year and this guy is an expert

Record time was accomplished as well.

[taterguy]

2. For the (hopefully) last goddamn time

I WANT SOMEONE TO USE HIS FUCKING BRAIN

AND NOT START A FUCKING THREAD

WITH A GODDAMN SPOILER IN THE FUCKING HEADER

This is ponderous man, fucking ponderous

[Nick at Noon]

3. What's a spoiler ? n/t