CHIditarod is a Chicago-based [1] shopping cart-race and food drive. [2] [3] [4] [5] Attendees typically dress in costume. [6] It is managed by the 501(c)(3) non-profit CHIditarod Foundation. [7] The name is a play on words combining Chicago and Iditarod, a dogsled race. CHIditarod is not related to the Iditarod in any way.
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King moved to Alaska in 1975 and began racing in 1976. A successful sled dog racer, he won the Yukon Quest in 1989, and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1993, 1996, 1998, and most recently, in the 2006 Iditarod. Four other mushers have won the Iditarod four times and only two, Dallas Seavey and Rick Swenson have won it more often. King was 50 years old when he won the 2006 Iditarod, which made him the oldest musher to win the event, a distinction he held until 2017 when Mitch Seavey won at age 57. As of 2015, he has competed in 26 Iditarods. His "Idita-Rider" for the 2005 Iditarod was a child sponsored by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. King has also won many other sled dog races. He continues to race and has a kennel near the entrance of Denali National Park.
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The 2021 Iditarod is the 49th iteration of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. The race began on Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Anchorage, Alaska. 46 mushers participated in the race including past winners and noted racers Aily Zirkle, Martin Buser, Dallas Seavey, Peter Kaiser, Joar Leifseth Ulsom, and Nicolas Petit. On February 5, 2021, the race officials announced they had canceled the ceremonial start in Anchorage, which usually is an 11 mile route through the city. Rather than restart at the usual checkpoint of Willow Lake, the 2021 race will restart at Deshka Landing in the Susitna Valley because of COVID-19 restrictions. The 2021 Iditarod was won by Dallas Seavey on March 15, Aaron Burmeister and Brent Sass took second and third position. This is Seavey's fifth win of the race.
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