Peter Reuter and his team race on the first day of the Copper Basin 300 - Glennallen, Alaska 
On track for Iditarod dream
Regardless of the sport, there probably aren’t too many people who could call a 300-mile winter excursion through part of Alaska a training run.
But that’s exactly the trek Peter Reuter tackled earlier this week while getting ready to face a much bigger endeavor later on this winter.
Reuter, who calls both Bloomingdale and Alaska home, is gearing up to race in the Iditarod in March, and part of his preparations included participating in the Copper Basin 300 sled dog race, which started last Saturday. He left the start line in Glennallen, Alaska shortly after 10 a.m. with 12 dogs, and reached the finish line in that same town late in the day on Tuesday.
Reuter wasn’t aiming to win or be extremely competitive in the Copper Basin 300, a grueling race that featured many of the top mushers in the world. That honor went to 28-year-old female Alaskan Ryne Olson, who finished a full day earlier on Monday.