On the front page of today’s Anchorage Daily News there’s another great article by Craig Medred. Here he’s comparing Lance to the last musher who dominated the Iditarod, Montana’s Doug Swingly:
A homegrown Alaskan — the son of 1983 Iditarod champ and sled-dog racing fixture Dick Mackey — Lance is as down to earth and friendly as they come. Where Swingley at times veered toward taciturn, Mackey is talkative. Where Swingley could appear arrogant, Mackey seems humble. He’s the sort of guy other mushers can’t help liking, even when he beats them.
Yeah!
Medred recalls how some other well-known champions handled their fame and notes:
But Mackey is different. Almost a social butterfly, the 37-year-old still tends toward boyish outbursts of enthusiasm. On Front Street in Nome on Wednesday, he came in hand-slapping people in the crowd and hugging others in the finishing chute. When someone handed him a cell phone to talk to his father in Arizona, he just about bubbled over.
Yeah! Go Lance, go!
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