Dog Sled Racer This Is My Job

Egil EllisWillow, AlaskaAge: 40Years on Job: 16 The world’s most famous dog sled race is the Iditarod, an 1100-mile trek across Alaska. But Egil Ellis prefers brutal 20- to 30-mile short-distance races. The Swede is very good at sprints: He and his dogs–a cross between German shorthaired pointers and Alaskan huskies–have won the three-day GCI Open North American Championship in Fairbanks a record-breaking nine times. Racing season runs December through April; the rest of the year Ellis operates a kennel. “You’re working with your best friends,” he says. “After years of breeding, training and caring for these dogs, you’re standing on the starting line of a big race. It’s an amazing feeling.” id=“my-job-dogsled” align=“middle”> name=“my-job-dogsled” align=“middle” allowScriptAccess=“sameDomain” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” pluginspage=“http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />