You’ve probably been keeping up this with this, but “The Last Great Race on Earth” - the IDITAROD took off from Anchorage this morning.

1150 miles from Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western coast of the Bering Sea. Each team can have 12 to 16 dogs and they will finish anywhere between 10 to 17 days. The record is 9 days, 11 hours, 11 minutes and 3 seconds. Crazy.

Catch all the up-to-date information including the leader board and real-time stats at Iditarod.com.

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