{"id":431,"date":"2024-06-09T14:58:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T18:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/?p=431"},"modified":"2024-06-15T17:55:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T21:55:26","slug":"runts-to-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"Runts to Stardom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2014-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2014-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2014-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2014-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2014.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Granite the Runt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a common story of when the runt rises. It\u2019s the same here with Granite. Named after a strong rock, Granite was a runt and passed over by all the men mushers. Susan Butcher saw him differently. She worked with him and he with her to form a winning team for the Iditarod for 4 consecutive years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2002-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2002-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2002-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2002-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2002.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">These women train where Susan trained<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They don\u2019t treat the women any different than the men for this race. It\u2019s grueling and she did it. Lost to cancer, her legacy lives on as does the race. She wrote the words of her story before she passed. These dogs are amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2001-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2001-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2001-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2001-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_2001.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dogs are so Excited.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There isn\u2019t a motor on this 4 Wheeler.  She doesn\u2019t need it. Pure joy when the dogs were released to run.  dmc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a common story of when the runt rises. It\u2019s the same here with Granite. Named after a strong rock, Granite was a runt and passed over by all the men mushers. Susan Butcher saw him differently. She worked with him and he with her to form a winning team for the Iditarod for 4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-alaska-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446,"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}