Ludington native Ed Stielstra was busy running the Iditarod this week, and finished in 27th place, a few places up from his average running. It's the sixth time Stielstra, now living in the U.P., has run the sled dog race. Along the way, he was the feature of this profile from McClatchy Newspapers.
Excerpt: Vegetarian Ed Stielstra buys beef in bulk.
The Michigan musher's kennel of roughly 150 dogs have to eat, after all. But Stielstra - a former foundry worker who once opposed mushing as cruel to dogs - swore off meat in the 1980s.
Except in the Iditarod checkpoint of Takotna.
When a chef in the wood-paneled kitchen asked the musher what he wanted for lunch, Stielstra paused only a moment before ordering a cheeseburger. No onions and a quarter-pound patty from Mr. Prime Beef in Anchorage.
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Source: The Miami Herald
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