AR-News: (US CA) Redding woman, 83, may ride in Iditarod race

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RACE READY:

Carol Homfeld of Redding has a chance to ride on a dog sled for the first 11 
miles of the Iditarod race in Alaska. Homfeld's daughter, Colleen Hayden of 
Tok, Alaska, put a bid in the Idita-rider Musher Auction for her mom to have the 
chance to ride in the famous race.


Andi Winters
Record Searchlight





Jonathan Kirshner 


January 03, 2004 — 2:07 a.m.
I t isn't the type of Christmas present Carol Homfeld would ever ask for. In 
fact, she had probably never given it much thought. 
But when Colleen Hayden said she'd submitted a bid for her 83-year-old mother 
to ride in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska on March 7, Homfeld did 
what the mushers will do: Run with it. 
Actually, Homfeld won't run the whole 1,150 mile race, just the first 11 
miles in the Idita-Rider program that gives everyday people a chance to run with 
the big dogs — or at least stay with the pack. 
Idita-Riders receive an exclusive ride in the sled basket of an Iditarod 
musher and take part in numerous pre-race functions.



full story:

http://www.redding.com/news/stories/20040103lo012.shtml

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