Lance Mackey waves to the crowd as he leaves Fairbanks headed for Whitehorse photo by Carol Falcetta
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How My Obsession with Dog Mushing Saved My Life By Lance Mackey; Foreword by Joe Runyan; Edited by Tricia BrownIllustrated by Jon Van Zyle
Lance Mackey made mushing history in 2007 when he won both the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest, and then just a few weeks later, ran and won the 1,100-mile Iditarod. Back-to-back wins in the same year?! Everybody thought it was impossible. But he proved himself again in 2008, and then neatly won the Iditarod AGAIN in 2009. Lance shares the story of the rocky road that led him to championship-level racing with his superstar leaders—Larry, Zorro, Lippy, Hobo Jim, and Maple.
Mackey’s race record is amazing in itself. But consider this: he made history in mushing AFTER emerging from addiction, and AFTER surviving cancer, taking on the trail while hampered by aftereffects of neck surgery and intense radiation. Think of this guy as the “other” Lance—a super athlete and incredible animal trainer who’s in love with every one of the 60 to 70 dogs in his kennel. And that’s why they’re in still top shape they pull him over the finish line in first place.
Loaded with never before seen family photos and beautifully illustrated by Alaskan artist, Jon Van Zyle. It will make you smile, it will make you cry, it will make you want to challenge yourself and grasp life for all it is worth. Inspiring. You are going love this book.
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Ididamush: Part One!
Scott Elnes, a Anchorage, Alaska Ch2 weather man by trade and Alaska adventure enthusiast from gotoak.com, takes to the trail as a cheechako musher. But before he does, he gets a little advice form some seasoned mushers like DeeDee, Martin Buser and Lance Mackey.
Scott says " This was simply one of the greatest adventures of my life and I'm working nearly round the clock to put the whole thing into something that can even remotely do it justice".
photo courtesy of Lisa Memmel - Maclaren River Lodge
Teams bedded down on the river during the 8 hour layover
The Gin Gin 200 is a 200 mile sled dog race through Alaska's wilderness. It's the first race the Mackey Kennel has run this season.
The race route was diverted this year due to trail conditions, it ran from Wolverine Lodge near Glenallen to Maclaren Lodge and back. Maclaren Lodge checkpoint is located midway along the Denali Highway.
Temperatures steadied around 10 below zero monday evening while mushers pushed through heavy fog to reach the halfway point and complete their mandantory 8 hour layover.
With a lighter load in thir sleds mushers zoomed back to Wolverine Lodge one by one, with Lance Mackey finishing first, Braxton Peterson finishing 4th, Cain Carter finishing 14th and Newton Marshall finishing 15th. Lance said "the trails were great this year, aside from the fog, the weather was perfect, the dogs were amazing and the entire kennel did a great job. I am very pleased. We all had a good run and we have happy healthy dogs at the finish line". Click here for complete race results.
Cool Runnings: Jamaican Seeks Iditarod Glory
by NPR 12/01/09
Jamaica and Iditarod are not two things you normally hear together. But Newton Marshall of the Jamaican dogsled team aims to change that. This week, Marshall starts training with three-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey. Mackey says people initially didn't think Marshall had a chance, but he proved everyone wrong.
Mackey's added to Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame announced today the Class of 2010. Lance Mackey, four time Yukon Quest Champion and three time Iditarod Champion, is one of those names. In addition, his father, Dick Mackey, will also be added to this elite group as one of the "moments" in Alaska sports, when Dick won the 1978 Iditarod, beating Rick Swenson by one second. Alaskans still talk about that great Iditarod race.
The other individuals include Native games champion-turned-state legislator Reggie Joule, Olympic snowboarding bronze medalist Rosey Fletcher, and the late Bradford Washburn, a leading mountaineer and pioneering photographer. The other moment to be enshrined is Elliot Sampson's victory in the 1981 all-school state cross country meet, when the Eskimo from Noorvik upset a future national champion in the indoor mile. The Midnight Sun Baseball Classic in Fairbanks is the honored event
. For more information about the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame visit their web site - Click Here.
Jamaican Musher heads to Alaska!
Join us in welcoming Jamaican musher, Newton Marshall, to Alaska. Newton will be training with Lance all winter with the ultimate intention of running the "Last Great Race", the Iditarod. Newton will arrive in Anchorage Sunday November 29th, at 11 am on Alaska Airlines. Mush on mon!
Lance Chats it up with Mushing.tv Interview
Check out this great interview. Listen to Lance talk about his training. Footage: Beginning of October ‘09 with mushing.tv by Benedikt Beisch Click Here
Toronto Fundraiser for Jamaican Team goes well
Tonya Mackey, Newton Marshall, Lance Mackey & Damion Robb
The Jamaican sled dog team held a succesful fundraiser in Toronto thursday night. Lance Mackey was one of the guest speakers at the exclusive advance screening of the new documentary “Underdog”, by Toronto production company AJE Productions. The documentary is an intimate profile of JDT rookie musher Newton Marshall, and his journey from Jamaica to the finish line of the Yukon Quest, a grueling 1,000-mile dog sled race in the middle of an arctic winter! The fundraising screening event was held at the beautiful Berkeley Church in Toronto, Ca..
Some old footage, but classics!
Lance Mackey, Lance Armstrong & Tonya Mackey join forces -www.livestrong.com
Special thanks to Dianne Toebe for making it possible for Tonya to share in this meeting!
Lance sends a mesage to Alaskans
LIVESTRONG Day 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska
LIVESTRONG Day is a global day of action to inspire people to join in the global fight against cancer in every communities around the world, inspired by Livestrong chairman and founder, Lance Armstrong. Following Lance Armstrong's diagnosis of advanced testicular cancer on October 2, 1996, before he knew whether he would survive, Lance started his foundation to fight cancer and help others affected by the disease. This year, LIVESTRONG Day was on October 2 to demonstrate that each person can make a difference in the cancer fight.
On October 2, Lance Mackey spent the day in Anchorage, Alaska visting various locations including several Alaska Clubs, The Skinny Raven, Providence Cancer Center and The Native Medical Center, supporting the Livesrong Day cause. Lance said " It's so important to unite in this fight. Cancer effects all of us". With tears in his eyes Lance spoke to a crowd at the Anchorage Bicyle Shop about his battle with cancer and stressed to those dealing with the disease to fight with an attitude. He said ."Take this disease on knowing you CAN do something about this, don't lay down, don't give up".
Livestrong was the day members of every community celebrated survivorship and raised awareness about the fight against cancer in communities across the globe. Visit the Livestrong web site for more information.
6th annual fundraiser was a big success!
Thank you to everyone that helped with our 6th annual fundraiser. From those that spent endless hours preparing for the event to the folks that came to the taco dinner and auction. It was a complete success. I want to thank the following people: My wife Tonya, Rachael Bullock, Jan & Walt Tremer, Theresa Daily , Bill & Brenda Borden, Crystal Bukala, Earl & Dawn Hughes, Dianne Toebe, Dave & Cindy Sweat - Wrangell, AK, Donna Schumacher, Fairbanks Moose Lodge, Canada Goose, Redpaw, Taco Loco of Anchorage, Jon & Jona Van Zyle, Sarida Steed-Bradley, Opal Krout, Dawn Graham, Denali Fence Company, Alaska Brewing Company, K&L Distributors, Once in a Blue Moose - Fairbanks & Anchorage House of Harley Davidson, Rebecca (Keating) Belcher, Anchorage Courtyard Marriott /Ann MacVeigh, Susan Bickman - Dynamic Properties, June Price, Denali Brewery, Kennicott Glacier Lodge, Fairbanks Frame Shop, Purely Alaska Water, Linda/Mike Herdering Husky Power Dogsledding, Yukon Quest International, Ltd., The Fisherman/Farmer Jim Eastwood, Gene Menzies - FogTec...
"It takes a team to be successful ", Lance Mackey
Join Us for the 6th
Annual Mackey Fundraiser
Each year the Mackey Comeback Kennel, Inc. rallies to raise money to help offset race & kennel operations. This is a great opportunity to bid on one of a kind collector items, prints, mushing gear and more, all in fun and support of the Comeback Kennel.
WHEN: Thursday September 24th, 2009 WHERE: Moose Lodge, located on 7th street - downtown Fairbanks, Alaska DINNER: A “Taco Bar” at 6 pm $15.00 Adults/ $10.00 Children 12 & under. TIME: Dinner at 6 pm. The auction will start at 7 pm till?
Enjoy a wonderful dinner at the Moose Lodge with YukonQuest & Iditarod Champion dog musher, Lance Mackey. There will be door prizes and an auction. Prepare to have fun and bid, bid, bid.
WANT TO DONATE?
If you would like to help our fundraiser with auction items E-mail Tonya Mackey at mackeykennel@gmail.com. Items can also be dropped off at the Movie Gallery 3677 College Road, # 13, Fairbanks, AK 99709.Your generous donation will be listed on the Lance Mackey web site as a contributing supporter.
Thank you for your donations: Canada Goose, Redpaw, Taco Loco of Anchorage, Brenda & Bill Borden, Jon & Jona Van Zyle, Theresa Daily, Walt & Jan Tremer, Sarida Steed-Bradley, Denali Fence Company, Alaska Brewing Company, K&L Distributers, Once in a Blue Moose - onceinabluemoose.com, House of Harley Davidson - harleyalaska.com, Rebecca (Keating) Belcher - rebeccaphotos.co, Courtyard Marriott www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/anccy-courtyard-anchorage-airport/Ann MacVeigh, Rachael Bullock, Dawn Graham, Susan Bickman - Dynamic Properties, June Price, Denali Brewery.....
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