What long distance running races in Minnesota allow runners to bring their dogs?”
Step on a dog sled and be carried away by the exuberance of a team in harness and the soft swish of sled runners on snow. Rich Trotto Getting back on the runners | Take part in races Help train dogs | Mushing as a serious hobby Track mushing on the web | Mushing on public trails A day at the races Leaving Alaska after 20 years in the bush was one of the most difficult decisions our family had to face. There were certainly plenty of reasons for the move: the need for a better school system, the desire to be closer to family, never having to face another April with 50-below wind chill temperatures. Still, departing our outpost on the tundra for Wisconsin meant saying goodbye to good friends, a lifestyle we loved, the wilderness just down the end of the street and dog mushing. Mushing dogs was a significant part of my life in Alaska. As a journalist, I covered sled dog racing from local village competitions to the Iditarod, the famed 1,000-mile-plus race from Anchorage to Nome. The mushin
