IDITAROD RACER FALLS ASLEEP, FALLS OFF SLED

Officials at a checkpoint in the Iditarod dogsled race were puzzled last week after a dogsled arrived without its musher. Linwood Fiedler’s sled and dogs pulled into the checkpoint in Ruby, Alaska, in the middle of the night Thursday, without him. Fiedler arrived on foot about an hour later. He said he was fighting to stay awake a few miles away from the checkpoint when he apparently fell asleep and fell off the sled. The dogs continued on without him. After a rest, Fiedler was able to continue the race.
* What an idiotarod.
* Guy needs a bigger coffee thermos.
* Well, the secret’s out. Being in the Iditarod is really, really boring.
* Maybe every now and then the dogs should whip the human?
* So much for being man’s best friend.
* I bet the dogs were thinking, “Hey, pulling the sled just got a lot easier. Should we check on the musher? Naa, why bother?”
* At least he wasn’t texting when he fell off.
* And that’s when the wolf pack showed up.
* That’s why they have the checkpoints. For stuff like this.