Brent Sass leads Yukon Quest mushers into Dawson

(Photo by Molly Rettig/KUAC)
Brent Sass covered the 150-mile distance from Eagle to Dawson in two runs. He said his team was feeling better in Eagle after starting the race with some stomach issues.
“They were sick before the race, the whole week leading up to the race they had the stomach flu,” Sass said. “Then a couple days before the race they had gotten better.”
But for the first 300 miles, it took a lot more effort to keep them full and hydrated.
“You have to b