After a bruising 2016, Martin Buser upbeat for 2017

Martin Buser is chasing his 5th Iditarod title in 2017. (Photo: Ben Matheson, KNOM)Last year, Martin Buser had a tough Iditarod. He finished in 37th place, his lowest position on the leader-board in a decades-long career. But this year, as the four-time champion charges through the race’s early checkpoints, a lot of things are going better.
In 2016, Buser had a bad fall on the stretch of trail heading from Kaltag toward Unalakleet. With more than two hundred miles to go, he was barely