2010 Iditarod 38 | adn.com

Well-fed and well-rested, Jeff King raced down the Yukon River this afternoon, trying to turn the 38th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race into a game of \”catch me if you can.\” The four-time champion from Denali Park left Ruby at 11:08 a.m. and drove onto the ice-covered Yukon River with 14 dogs in harness after dropping one. His mission over the next 150 miles of river running: Build a gap. Since the early years of the Iditarod, a tried and tested front-runner strategy is to forge a lead so large that the leader is leaving a checkpoint as the first chasers arrive, demoralizing the followers who seldom see what they\’re chasing.