ID: Red Team Ceremonial Start Video

Make a cup of coffee (or tea), sit back and enjoy 7 1/2 minutes behind Aliy and the SP Kennel Red team as they mush through the streets of Anchorage for the Ceremonial Start.

Thank you to everyone there who cheered, clapped and wished her well, including those of you watching from home! We appreciate it.


Photo: Barbara Swenson



You can see at some points it was almost like the pictures from the mountain stages of the Tour de France where they have spectators lining the route leaving just enough space for the rider. Everyone was pretty attentive though to get out of the way of the dogs if they came a little too close.