#UglyDogs maybe this race should be invitational format? What is the point of letting mushers qualify but not letting them finish if they are doing well. Everyone can’t be at the top. I’m done!
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I know the usual statement from them is they don't have enough people to be everywhere at once if there's like 300 miles between leader & lantern. But their lack of personnel should not be the mushers' fault when the mushers have qualified & paid their fees to be there.
That's the other thing! The route they chose this year was going to more strongly favor local experienced mushers to rookies from places that don't mush on river ice.
They moved the start to a place where there was adequate snow, and then needed to add more route to get the mileage up- and I think to hit as many of the checkpoints they would have normally used as possible. I guess the loop is what seemed the most logical to the committee?
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