A report from the John Beargrease Mid-Distance race

The 35th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is well under way. 
 

Twelve mushers are competing in the full marathon, and 20 in the Mid-Distance Beargrease, which ended at Lutsen Mountains. Ryan Anderson crossed the finish line at 7:19 a.m. Monday.
 

He was closely followed by Martha Schouweiler, of Irma, Wisconsin, who took second place in the mid-distance race, reaching the Lutsen finish line at 7:27 a.m.
 

Joanna Oberg of Grand Marais was third and Rita Wehseler of Schroeder finished in fourth. 
 

Beargrease 120 teams traveled 114 miles to their finish line, while the full distance mushers are expected to finish sometime Tuesday after 293 miles on the trail. 
 

Organizers are forecasting the marathon will finish around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino.
 

A number of young North Shore mushers took part in the Cub Run, a shorter distance race, yesterday. 
 

The Cub Race winners were: 
 

1st Place | Sawyer Morrow | Duluth

2nd Place | Taylor DeBoer | Grand Marais

3rd Place | Nicole Freking | Finland

5th Place | Talon DeBoer | Grand Marais

6th Place | Elena Freking | Finland
 

WTIP’s CJ Heithoff was at the end of the Mid-Distance at Lutsen Mountains. She caught an exciting seconds-apart finish between Kevin Vandenbussche of Moosonee, Ontario and Lynne Witte of McMillan, Michigan. 
 

CJ called in to give us a feel of the action at Lutsen Mountains.