William Reed "Bill" Borden successfully completed the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska in 2002, becoming the first person from Georgia to finish the race. He finished 53rd out of 54 finishers.
Borden was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, in 1959 and now lives in Kennesaw, Georgia. He and his wife, Brenda Borden, founded the non-profit Cool Dreams Foundation in 2001 to educate school age children. Borden used some of his retirement savings to fund his training and participation in the Iditarod. He and his family relocated temporarily to Alaska to train for the race. in the world to successfully complete the race and the first from Georgia.
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