First of all, there is something wrong with you if you haven’t seen the movie Cool Runnings and thus don’t read the title of this post and automatically become FILLED WITH JOY. I won’t blame you for this flaw in your character. All you have to do is add it to your NetFlix queue right now. I’ll wait.

Great! Now that you’re all set to watch the most inspiring movie OF ALL TIME other than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we can get to the meat of today’s doggy bloggy goodness: Jamaican dogsledding!

Now, it may sound crazy, but if Cool Runnings tells us anything, it’s that Jamaicans can totally rock snow sports despite average temperatures of 80-90°F. Newton Marshall is Jamaica’s hopeful in the 2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race this coming weekend. The race is 1,868 km kilometers (or 1,161 miles, if you’re like me and don’t know a darn thing about the Rest of the World’s system of measurement) and temperatures can reach -100°F. No, Toto, we are not in Kingston any more.

And did I mention that the team is sponsored by Jimmy Buffet?

Image taken from Ben's Breakfast Blog.

(Don’t hold that against them.)