Photos: DeeDee Jonrowe through the years

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Musher DeeDee Jonrowe and Iditarider Beverley Nelms make a turn near Goose Lake during the ceremonial start of the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race March 1, 2014 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)

DeeDee Jonrowe intends to make the 2018 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race her last. Since 1980, Jonrowe has missed just three Iditarods. She finished 32 of the 35 races she started. She has 16 top-10 finishes – two of them as a runner-up in, in 1998 and 1993. In both years, Jeff King placed first.

[The Iditarod's Iron Lady, DeeDee Jonrowe, says the 2018 race will be her last]