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Once-retired musher Keith Aili wins his second Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon title

GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. - After nearly three days and 300 miles spent cruising near the North Shore, Keith Aili's team of Alaskan huskies stopped Tuesday just shy of the finish line - a swatch of orange paint sprayed into packed snow between the Grand Portage Lodge & Casino and Lake Superior.

Ultimately, it was Rudolph, the dog behind Aili's lead dogs, that coaxed the team through to make it official - 14 hours, 59 minutes, 20 seconds and the veteran musher's second Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon title.

"They're scared of people," Aili said of his young team's anti-social moment in the face of the small crowd of media, race officials and spectators who lined the finish chute.

https://www.startribune.com/musher-keith-aili-champions-beargrease-sled-dog-ryan-anderson-wildfire-sarah-keefer/600248131/?refresh=true

 

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