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A Minnesotan following a famous sled dog path was the first woman to arrive on foot Saturday night in the human-powered version of the race across interior Alaska. Pulling a sled packed with 55 pounds of gear, Kari Gibbons hiked into Nome after a little more than 27 days navigating the Alaska wilderness to win the Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000. Similar in format to January’s Arrowhead 135 between International Falls and Tower, Minn., participants compete by foot, ski or bicycle on the route made famous by mushers and their teams. “I’m definitely still processing the last day and the finish,” Gibbons, 45, said Monday afternoon. “To finish it is just so surreal. Like it happened to somebody else.” Her race began Feb. 23 at Knik Lake, north of Anchorage. Across disciplines, 104 racers overall set out in the 1,000-miler and a 350-mile race; 92 finished. Gibbons finished in 27 days, six hours and 42 minutes. She arrived with Petr Ineman, who was second among men on foot. They connec...

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