Lance Mackey pulls out of the Yukon Quest

Lance Mackey has decided to withdraw from the Yukon Quest, sometimes known as "Alaska's other 1000 mile dog sled race". He is training an Iditarod rookie as well as leasing him dogs from his kennel and doesn't have enough dogs to run in both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod this year. Lance is the only musher in history to win both the Iditarod and the Yukon Quest in the same year, which feat he accomplished in each of the past 2 years. He also is a throat cancer survivor and can't swallow food without drinking water, which I imagine is a touch problematic when it is -40 degrees on the trail.