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Beargrease 2016: Trail Report - Nelson Scratches; Hacker Still "On The Runners"

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson
Published February 2, 2016 at 12:45 PM CST
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Four-time winner of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, Jamie Nelson, has scratched.

Friends say Nelson felt her dogs were not as ready as she would like for a 400 mile race.

Meanwhile, volunteer-vet-tech-turned-musher Beckie Hacker took a bad spill yesterday.  Her dogs were fine but she hurt her shoulder.  After determining that she could still take care of them (she said she "didn't want to be the weakest link" of her team), she continues her first Beargrease marathon.

Tune in at 2pm for another update from former musher, longtime Beargrease volunteer and KUMD trail reporter Binner Rahn, and a finish-day update from Jason Rice tomorrow morning at 8am, followed by live coverage at the finish line of the 32nd Annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon on KUMD - your Beargrease Connection!

Credit Photo courtesy Binner Rahn
Beckie Hacker leaves the Trail Center Lodge this morning, down-bound for Sawbill
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Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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