ANVIK, Alaska — Two-time defending champion Lance Mackey is the first musher to reach Anvik and is being treated to a gourmet dinner for arriving first.
Church bells rang out Friday to welcome Mackey as he pulled into the Yukon River community, 500 miles from the finish line in Nome. He is being feted with a seven-course meal that includes braised pork belly, Alaskan bouillabaisse and duck breast prepared by a chef flown in from Anchorage. He also receives $3,500 for being first into Anvik.
Mackey left the Shageluk (SHAG-a-luck) checkpoint earlier Thursday about three hours ahead of second-place musher Sebastian Schnuelle.
The 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome is expected to end some time next week. Three mushers have scratched, leaving 64 in the race.
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