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00:00All I wanted to do was be like my dad.
00:05I couldn't imitate him enough.
00:11The winner of the 1978 Iditarod Trail Race at eight years old.
00:16You see a dad win, really, really stuck.
00:25These are the toughest miles.
00:26It's up and down.
00:27It's ice.
00:28It's rocks.
00:29It's dirt.
00:30It's holes.
00:32It is hell.
00:34I started racing dogs before I was even born.
00:36I was seven months pregnant with him when I was in the North American race.
00:39Why has this event become so much about your family?
00:42It's our lifestyle.
00:43It's something that we breathe, eat, and sleep.
00:46He had his little foot right under my rib cage.
00:49And every time I'd kick, he'd kick.
00:52You could tell me that my dad was a good guy and he's just trying to make a living and provide him.
00:57I felt like my dad abandoned us.
00:59I knew the personalities of my dogs better than I understood my children.
01:05I don't give a...
01:07The dogs absolutely knew that I was sick.
01:09I was not feeling right.
01:12Not knowing it was ultimately cancer.
01:16Just fixing to go into surgery.
01:18I was told not to ever race dogs again.
01:20The doctor finally came out.
01:22He looked me right in the eye and he says,
01:24Well, he ain't pretty.
01:26But I got it all.
01:29I believe we got a second chance at life for a reason.
01:33Life just changed.
01:36This is the reason.
01:37The dogs needed me.
01:42And I needed them.
01:48The competitors were saying,
01:49Oh, he got lucky.
01:50It was a fluke.
01:51That'll never happen again.
01:52Watch this!
02:07Available now on iTunes.
02:09Available now on iTunes.
02:11Available now on iTunes.