Toughest Race on Earth

I've started watching a new reality series on Discovery channel, Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod.  You guessed it - they follow sled dog teams on the Iditarod race.  I'm only through the first one hour episode but I'm hooked!

So far it looks like they will be showing the grueling side of the whole thing but will tug some heart strings too.   100 mile days burning 10,000 calories per dog per day, heat (40 degrees lol!), giant exercise wheels, diabetes, breast cancer, crashes, air lifted dogs...

Last time I was in Alaska I saw a sled dog demonstration of dogs that help patrol Denali National Park in winter.  The dogs were the highest energy I have ever seen - they couldn't wait to pull.  They barked and tugged and howled and generally went nuts until they took off.  This new series highlights that incredible energy.

Check out the new series on Discovery Channel on Tuesday nights.