Meet the 2026
Mushers

arlene duff

togo, mn

At the time if this race i will be just about two years out from open heart aortic heart valve replacement and right coronary bypass surgery! If I am running this race it means all is still progressing in a positive forward motion! I am truly grateful to be alive and for my friends and family! I am also very blessed to share my days with 22 amazing sled dogs!!

KENNEL NAME

R-2 Kennel

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WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START RUNNING SLED DOGS AND HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED?

I have always loved dogs and saw the Iditarod on TV when I was a teen. I thought I am going to run dogs some day! Took a few years but I have been running dogs for 20 years now. Always as a recreational musher. Just enjoy being out with the dogs and training them…they teach me so much and make me a better person!

Meet the 2026Mushers