Nome Sweet Nome: Veteran musher claims second straight Iditarod win

Veteran musher Dallas Seavey claimed his third Iditarod Sled Dog Race title in four years on Wednesday morning, crossing the finish line in Nome, Alaska, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) ahead of his father Mitch Seavey. The 27-year-old Seavey claimed his second straight title by battling high winds and temperatures that reached 50 below zero while guiding a team of dogs nearly 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) across the state’s wilderness. The Iditarod, commemorates a 1925 mission to bring diphtheria serum by dog-sled relays to Nome, on Alaska’s west coast.

As long as you take care of the dog team (and) make good decisions, good things will happen. Wins are a result of doing what we love.

Dallas Seavey, winning musher

Mitch Seavey, who won titles in 2013 and 2004, encouraged and his son each other along the way. The elder Seavey finished this year’s running in in second place. Dallas Seavey won in 2012, becoming the youngest musher to win at age 25, and won again last year. This year’s winner takes a $70,000 purse plus a pick-up truck.

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