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File - In this March 3, 2018, file photo, musher Aliy Zirkle runs her team during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. The veteran musher is leading in Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. She is seeking to become the first woman to win in nearly three decades. She was first to leave the Ophir checkpoint Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 432 miles into the race. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen, File)

Veteran musher Aliy Zirkle takes lead in Alaska’s Iditarod

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Gilbert Huntington, from Galena, Alaska, shares a laugh with Iditarod musher Hugh Neff, from Tok, at the Galena checkpoint during the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, March 7, 2014. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News Bob Hallinen)

Zirkle maintains Iditarod lead, reaches coast

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

Race fans wait for Aliy Zirkle to drive her dog team into the Unalakleet checkpoint. Zirkle is the first musher to reach the Bering Sea in Unalakleet during the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 8, 2014. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)

King leads super tight Iditarod race in Alaska

By RACHEL D'ORO - Associated Press

Aliy Zirkle talks about the snowless trail across the Farewell Burn at the Nikolai checkpoint during the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Nikolai, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)

Zirkle aims for Iditarod title after narrow misses

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press