Chapter 5The Scale of Strategic Orientation
The Iditarod sled dog race is one of the most challenging competitions of the modern era. To be victorious, you must finish the thousand-mile race with at least six of your dogs faster than over one thousand other dogs in the race. You'll face whiteout conditions and subzero temperatures along the frozen Bering Sea coast while taking care of a team of a dozen or more dogs, each consuming five thousand calories a day to pull you along. Outpacing the competition demands more than physical strength and mental toughness. You need a great strategy to win.
For Mitch Seavey, who in 2013 became the oldest person ever to win the Iditarod, strategy was key. Strategy, to Mitch, means planning winning breeding-and-training ...
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