sled dogs and winning races, i chose this year to pay back the $50,000 that was the first winner s check that i received from the iditarod in 1993 as a token thank you of providing this event for me to excel in. wow, a big heart for a race that he loves. our rob marciano is in the weather center. would you do that, would you give back a big ole winner s sum? 50 grand, god bless him. did you listen to him wax poet kael about mushing? the guy has a passion for it. you have to be to do a thousand miles. you better like dogs for sure, treat them right because they re not going to treat you right if you don t. no mushing down across the southeast, nothing but rain down here after a long winter with unusual amounts of snow. some of this rain has been heavy enough to cause some flooding.