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Iditarod organizers have worked hard to keep participants and local communities Covid-free.
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Iditarod Preps for Any Scenario as 2021 Race Plans Proceed
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The world’s most famous sled dog race will go forward in 2021, and amid the ongoing pandemic, officials now are preparing for every possible contingency for what the race and the world might look like in March when the Iditarod starts.
It’s not the mushers who worry Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach; they’re used to social distancing along the 1,000-mile trail.
Rob Urbach on SurprisinglyFree
While in High School Rob Urbach was inspired by reading an article in Sports Illustrated on The Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon World Championships. The challenge of swimming 2.4 ocean miles, then biking 112 miles and then a 26.2-mile marathon through lava fields resonated with the high school junior. Two years later he found himself on the start line in Kona and became not only one of the youngest to ever finish the renowned Ironman but the event also proved later to be foundational for his career.
The Iditarod 2021 and The Frozen Ground!
Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach gives 2021 Iditarod Update.
Rob Urbach ’85 and The Last Great Race on Earth Adventure, Athlete Finds A New Finish Line
Iditarod. The name conjures images like no other sporting event: blinding white terrain, icicles knotting ruddy-faced mushers’ eyebrows, silver-eyed dogs lunging frantically into a vast unknown.
Basically, crazy people charging headlong into challenging horizons. The perfect place for a Centre grad, right?
Iditarod CEO talks hope for summit with PETA
The 2020 Iditarod will mark a new era for The Last Great Race on Earth and it started with a sit-down with PETA — a meeting the new Iditarod CEO wants to lead to a recognition of shared goals. New Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach met with officials from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Los Angeles Thursday while he was in town for a premiere screening of the film, “The Great Alaskan Race.”
Iditarod joins new international race circuit in an effort to increase exposure, showcase dog care
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is joining a new international race circuit that will link it with sled dog races in Minnesota, Norway and Russia starting in 2020. It’s called the QRILL Pet Arctic World Series, and the Iditarod is its grand finale, said Iditarod chief executive Rob Urbach.
“It’s a great opportunity to create exposure for the sport globally,” Urbach said in an interview Tuesday. “We’re creating a season of events, so this is Iditarod 365, 24/7.”
Iditarod changes tack, will meet with animal welfare leader
The new head of Alaska’s Iditarod plans to meet with a leader of an animal welfare group that’s devoted to ending the world’s most famous sled dog race, which it sees as a cruel, deadly event for its canine participants. Organizers of the 1,000-mile wilderness trek have for decades ignored or taken a defensive stance against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach, who took the helm of the organization in July. The old response hasn’t worked, Urbach said. He has started talking to PETA about dog care and will meet Thursday with the group’s executive vice president Tracy Reiman in Los Angeles.
Iditarod names new CEO as first mushers register for 2020 race
As the first mushers threw their names into the ring for the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the race’s governing body announced new leadership. The Iditarod Trail Committee on Saturday publicized the appointment of Rob Urbach as its new CEO starting July 29. Urbach steps in to fill the void left by Stan Hooley, who resigned in January and had been with the race for 25 years. In January, the ITC hired the Foraker group to aid in the search for a new leader.
Former head of USA Triathlon takes helm of the Iditarod
As the new head of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Rob Urbach will have to overcome dwindling sponsorships, dog deaths, a recent dog-doping scandal and animal rights protests. With all that drama, it seems fitting Urbach, 57, became hooked on the sport thanks to soap opera actress Susan Lucci. Lucci, who starred on the daytime series “All My Children,” and Urbach struck up a conversation on a 1999 flight to Anchorage, where she was participating in the Iditarod’s ceremonial start and he was going skiing.
Iditarod welcomes passionate new CEO
Urbach has years of experience in the business of endurance athletic competitions, but none yet with Iditarod. Urbach looks to meet as many dogs, mushers, sponsors and volunteers in preparation for the 2020 Iditarod. While Urbach’s resume is littered with success stories with human athletes, he is becoming more and more familiar with the word ‘cheechako’ and is insistent on learning as much as he can as the CEO of The Last Great Race.
Iditarod Trail Committee announces Rob Urbach as new CEO
The Iditarod Trail Committee announced Saturday that Rob Urbach will lead the 2020 Iditarod as CEO. Urbach is from Colorado and served as CEO of the USA Triathlon from 2010 – 2017 and was also the executive vice president for Octagon, a global sports marketing firm. As CEO of the Iditarod, Urbach will oversee all day to day operations of the Last Great Race on Earth as well as head the fundraising campaigns and information technology.
Rob Urbach Accepts New Position at Iditarod
Urbach was announced Saturday as the Iditarod’s new CEO. He replaces Stan Hooley, who left last winter after about 25 years in the job. Urbach, 57, most recently worked in private equity advisory services as a director at Andra Partners. Before that, he was the executive director at USA Triathlon from 2011-17, a stretch during which an American won an Olympic gold medal and the NCAA accepted triathlon as an emerging women’s sport.