From Albuquerque Journal, December 8, 1984
A sport usually associated with the icy and snowbound North, dog sled racing is gaining popularity in New Mexico, which has about 20 teams of three to eight dogs each. Some trainers have found that they can work out their dogs and at the same time get some exercise themselves, as bicycle-riding Karen Cummings has discovered. These Siberian huskies are making a practice run to get in shape for upcoming races while Miss Cummings pedals to keep up. In some instances she finds that she’s going faster then her team. Later, at the New Mexico Sled Dog Racing Association’s fun and training race in La Queva, on Dec. 29 and 30, and the state championship race at Lake Fenton in the Jemez mountains in January, the dogs will be pulling sleds over snow. For now, though, they’re training at Cutter Field in Albuquerque for the next two weekends.