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Anne finished 66th of 95 mushers in the
2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. She didn't race
in 2009.
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2008 Rookie
Anne Capistrant, 40, was born and raised in
Madison, Wisconsin. She grew up reading Laura
Ingalls Wilder and feeling like she was born a
century too late. While working on her doctoral
degree in ecology at the University of Minnesota in
1992, she met a kindred spirit in her husband Todd.
They spent several years moving around the Midwest
as education and professional jobs demanded. Anne
"retired" from being a college professor in 1999
when their first child was born. After 7 years
of training and racing dogs in the Midwest, the
lack of snow and dream of living in Alaska drove
the family north and they moved to Healy, Alaska in
2003. Anne now fills the role of homeschooling mom,
kennel manager, livestock keeper (including milk
goats, pigs, chickens, bees, and turkeys) and
homestead manger (vintner, gardener, weaver, chef,
and accountant). Hoof ‘N' Woof Sled Dogs was
formed 11 years ago and has been active in Alaska
for 6 years. Anne helped raise and train the teams
that Todd ran in the 2002 Serum Run and in Iditarod
2003 and 2004. During these years, Anne was a
passionate student of race strategy, food drop
preparation, and checkpoint routines. With Rose now
8 and Grace now 6 the time has come for her turn at
being the main dog driver. She has spent the past
three years preparing herself and her dogs to be
qualified (officially and personally) for Iditarod
2008. She is excited to be on the trail that has
been a focal point of her thoughts and efforts for
the past 7 years. She is a member of the ADMA, the
TRDMA and is the Chairperson of the Denali Borough
Plannng Commission.
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