The race commemorates the famous 1925 serum run to Nome in which mushers and dogs like Togo and Balto took much-needed medicine to the diphtheria-stricken community of Nome when all other means of transportation had failed.
ðə ɹˈeɪs kəmˈɛmɚɹˌeɪts ðə fˈeɪməs nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti fˈaɪv sˈɛɹəm ɹˈʌn tə nˈoʊm ɪnwˌɪtʃ mˈʌʃɚz ænd dˈɑːɡz lˈaɪk tˈoʊɡoʊ ænd bˈɔltoʊ tˈʊk mˈʌtʃnˈiːdᵻd mˈɛdəsən tə ðə dɪfθˈɜːɹiəstɹˈɪkən kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi ʌv nˈoʊm wɛn ˈɔːl ˈʌðɚ mˈiːnz ʌv tɹænspoːɹtˈeɪʃən hæd fˈeɪld.