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Karen Land gets some love from Alaskan Huskies [Courtesy Photo] - Moab, UT 
Running a string of dogs
When most people think of an Alaskan sled dog charging through the snow, they might think of a big, furry, muscled work dog. That image makes Iditarod musher Karen Land laugh.
“People expect my dog Noggin to be a thick, fluffy dog and can be disappointed – she’s a sweet, skinny thing that barely weighs 50 pounds,” Land said, explaining that the athletic dogs are built more like marathon runners, not bodybuilders.
The Iditarod is an annual Alaskan sled dog race that runs over the remote country between Anchorage and Nome. The human sled leaders, called mushers, work with teams of dogs to cover over 1,000 miles in just days.
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