Iditablog 2009 Coverage Plans

Alright Folks,

The Ceremonial Start to the Iditarod is tomorrow morning, and many of you have been wondering what the full plans are for Iditablog and our coverage of the race.

We’ve been bringing Iditarod Coverage to the Internet for the last 5 years now, and this will be the biggest year to date at Iditablog.

First off, we’ve got a full series of great Podcasts planned, so make sure you’re subscribed to our iTunes page and all the newest shows will download to your computer automatically. Alternatively you can continue monitoring the front page of Iditablog and new shows will be posted right here as well. Look forward to an engaging new format, great guests, and a breakdown of the current news. Nowhere else can you find in-depth Iditarod news that you take with you wherever you go – listen to reports on your iPod or MP3 player in your car, while you run, or just sitting at home…. This will be the most concentrated and easily consumable Iditarod report on the internet, if you’re a casual fan – this podcast is all you need to follow during the 2009 Iditarod to stay up to date.

Secondly, I’m really excited for the addition of “Twitter” to our coverage… this is for the hardcore Iditarod fan who doesn’t have time to hit “refresh” on the latest standings every 10 minutes. With Twitter you can subscribe to receive short “up to the minute” headlines directly from Iditablog that might not normally warrant and entire blog post. As we receive and analyze the current standings, Twitter will be the place where stories are broken. If you’re not interested in subscribing to our Twitter-feed, you can still follow along by looking under “Iditablog on Twitter” on the right-hand side of each page under the Navigation Menu.

Finally, the bulk and meat of our coverage will continue to come from our regular blog posts multiple times a day during the race. It’s here that you’ll find not only updates and commentary on the standings, but also musher spotlights, information on checkpoints, and other great features. I know that it isn’t just the top 20 where all the action and drama is, we try to bring you a holistic look at the race. If you use Bloglines, Google Reader, or another RSS application to subscribe to blogs, make sure you’ve got us down!

The real key to this whole thing is you – its your comments and discussion that make the posts come alive, its your emails that will make the podcasts interactive, and its you telling your friends about the Iditarod that will help this amazing sport grow…

There are more even plans and exciting news on the way for Iditablog in the days to come – make sure you’ll be here!