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High stakes: The two mistakes that derailed Ken Anderson’s Iditarod

  • March 15, 2012
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If you made one big mistake in the merciless 2012 Iditarod, you lost your shot at the win. Two blunders? Top ten was out of the question.Just ask Ken Anderson of Fairbanks.“This was kind of the year to do really well,” Anderson, 39, said today. He’d entered the race sensing he could win. His huskies were the right age and the right speed. He had momentum, notching a 9th place finish in 2011 and a fourth place in 2010.Read more here: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/160371

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