Julie Berg: Run On

 My 7th running of the current model Northwoods Winter Trail Marathon (formerly  Snowshoe Marathon which I ran 6 times before it was cancell...

                                           Finish Line Photo The St. Croix 40 Winter Ultra is a race without aid held in January, beginning...

  Ooof!  2025. That just seems crazy. Time is zooming by and here I am, 60 years old!  Yes, 60! For 20 years I've been writing this blog...

Last September  at Superior 100 Mile I ripped my hamstring in two places and suffered two Grade 2 Semimembranosus tears. After 12 weeks of r...

  I had so much fun last year at this event that I wanted to go back again!  Maria made all of the plans, the reservations, Doug drove, all ...

 If you remember, last year I took an incorrect turn and didn't make a check in after the first 13 miles. I continued on for another 13 ...

  You just never know what the future may bring!  After a Covid race for Superior 50K last year we thought this year we'd have a 'no...

  I wasn't sure that my feet would be up for Chippewa 50K after Zumbro 50 Mile only two weeks before and they were still healing from th...

  ZZZZumbro is a race all unto its own. There really isn't anything quite like it, it is a three ring circus. There is the 100 mile, the...

  I finally made it to Arkansas to run the stage race Three Days of Syllamo!  I entered a few years ago but ended up with double pneumonia s...

 I am so happy that I was able to run yet another Voyager 50 Miler Trail Race. Voyager was my second 50 mile race way back in 2001. I finish...

 I ran the Black Hills 50K in 2018 and had so much fun I knew I would be coming back. I entered in 2019 but my dad ended up in the ER, trip ...