Donald Kane is a participant of the Iditarod Trail Invitational spent a night here in Galena on March 8.

The Iditarod Trail Invitational is a cycling race consisting of two races. The shorter race starts at Knik, and ends in McGrath (350 miles). Mr. Kane is in the process of completing the 1,000-mile race which also starts in Knik and ends in Nome. He and his competitors started their bike race on February 23.

Mr. Kane is originally from Scotland but currently lives in Western Australia. He was born July 21, 1961. He loves biking, and he bikes 12 to 14 miles each day.