{"id":1396,"date":"2016-03-06T20:27:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2016-03-06T20:33:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T20:33:22","slug":"naia-applauds-the-iditarod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-sports-hobbies\/naia-applauds-the-iditarod\/","title":{"rendered":"NAIA Applauds the Iditarod!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The competitive start of the Iditarod starts in about two-and-a-half hours in Willow, Alaska!<\/p>\n<p>It is more than the &#8220;last great race&#8221; &#8212; as mushers\u00a0and dogs work as a team braving nature they are also paying tribute to important role sled dogs have played in Alaska&#8217;s history\u00a0(for a great example, read about\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1925_serum_run_to_Nome\" target=\"_blank\">Great Race of Mercy<\/a>).\u00a0We salute the people who keep, breed, train, and compete with these amazing dogs and the traditions they uphold!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the infographic below for some quick facts about the Iditarod (man, that&#8217;s a lot of calories!):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/NAIA_Iditarod_Infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1398\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/NAIA_Iditarod_Infographic-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"Iditarod Infographic-v4\" width=\"400\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/NAIA_Iditarod_Infographic-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/NAIA_Iditarod_Infographic-768x1536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/NAIA_Iditarod_Infographic-512x1024.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1397\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SledDogsMed-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"SledDogsMed\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SledDogsMed-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SledDogsMed-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SledDogsMed-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SledDogsMed.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We salute the people who keep, breed, train, and compete with these amazing dogs and the traditions they uphold!<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1406,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}