Norwegian musher takes lead in Iditarod as finish nears

[ASFN Admin]

Deep snow is slowing down mushers in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, but the leader has a secret for dealing with the difficult conditions. ''I've been training with 120 pounds of concrete and all the gear in the sled,'' Thomas Waerner, 46, told a camera crew from the Iditarod Insider as he was preparing his sled to leave a checkpoint outside the Alaska community of Kaltag late Saturday. Waerner, a native of England living in Norway, was first to arrive at the next checkpoint - Unalakleet - on Sunday.

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