Editor’s note: Richland Source is posting daily updates on Mansfield native Matthew Failor’s efforts at the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race, which began March 3. Updates post daily at 8 a.m. and may be updated during the day. (UPDATE: Matthew Failor left the Kaltag checkpoint Sunday at 4:27 a.m. Alaskan time after a rest stop […]
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Mansfield native on ‘gold rush run’ Friday morning at the 2024 Iditarod
Editor’s note: Richland Source is posting daily updates on Mansfield native Matthew Failor’s efforts at the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Updates post daily at 8 a.m. and may be updated during the day. ON THE IDITAROD TRAIL, Alaska — Matthew Failor was on a gold rush run in the early morning Alaskan darkness on […]
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Waiting and resting: Mansfield native Matthew Failor well positioned at Iditarod
Editor’s note: Richland Source is posting daily updates on Mansfield native Matthew Failor’s efforts at the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Updates post daily at 8 a.m. (UPDATE: Matthew Failor ended his 24-hour rest period Thursday at 10:04 a.m. AKST (2:04 p.m. EST) and has resumed mushing on the Iditarod trail with still 15 dogs […]
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‘Moving Day’ at the Iditarod: Mandatory 24-hour rest period triggers strategy
Editor’s note: Richland Source is posting daily updates on Mansfield native Matthew Failor’s efforts at the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Updates post daily at 8 a.m. (UPDATE: Matthew Failor reached the Ophir checkpoint Wednesday around 1:38 p.m. EST and is now resting his team, which has traveled 352 miles since Sunday afternoon. He is […]
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Top 5, so far: Mansfield native Matthew Failor among leaders at the Iditarod
ON THE IDITAROD TRAIL, Alaska — Matthew Failor had a goal of finishing in the Top 5 at the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Nearly one quarter of the way through the 1,000-mile event across the nation’s largest, coldest state, the Mansfield native is flirting with that goal. As of Tuesday at 7:30 a.m in […]
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Mansfield native off and mushing in 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska
ON THE IDITAROD TRAIL, Alaska — Mansfield native Matthew Failor is off and mushing in the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. After the traditional ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday, the 38 mushers in the field of “The Last Great Race” left from nearby Willow on Sunday afternoon, launching a journey of nearly 1,000 miles […]
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Ready, set mush: Mansfield native has big hopes for 2024 Iditarod race
WILLOW, ALASKA — Matthew Failor has a lot more responsibilities these days than when he mushed in his first Iditarod Sled Dog Race more than a decade ago. — Husband to Liz, whom he married in 2020. — Father to Theo, born just eight months ago. — Business owner of Alaskan Husky Adventures, which provides […]
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Mansfield native preps for Iditarod with 2nd-place finish in Alaska’s ‘Kusko 300’
BETHEL, Alaska — No one knows better than Matthew Failor that Pete Kaiser is hard to beat on his home track. But the Mansfield native pushed the eight-time champ to the finish this weekend in the 45th annual Kuskokwim 300 sled-dog that begins and ends in Kaiser’s home town of Bethel. It’s the third straight […]