Leah Gruhn says throughout pretty much all of the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational, she thought, this is worth doing.

“There was a time coming down, it was like maybe two days before the end. There was a big descent that we had down to the ocean. And it was just so carefree, just felt like teenagers riding your bikes around with the neighbor kids,” she said. “Lots of times, I thought, I’m so happy I’m here.”

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