Mushing

Meantime, many of mushing’s old guard are happy to pass the mantle to the next generation of elite mushers (not including defending champ Mitch Seavey, still mushing near the front in third place).

Knik musher Eric Kelly said he enjoys the time spent with mushing fans before the official race clock starts.

A windchill of 2 below zero made for perfect dog mushing weather, as 38 teams set off from downtown at two-minute intervals on an untimed, 11-mile jaunt on the streets and public trails of Alaska’s largest city.

However, with time and the establishment of Husky Haven in his late wife’s honour, he is back to mushing and doing what he loves.

But in reality, old mushers never really retire, we just continue to bore our non-mushing friends to death.

Pirena is a dog- mushing competition held in the Pyrenees.