by Rocksteady | Apr 4, 2019 | Race Previews
PC Fresh Tracks Media Say you’re a stranger, and you ask me about Zumbro. Maybe you’ve never heard of it, or you’re just trying to wrap your head around this thing people do in the woods and sand and mud and dark in the Minnesota spring. Perhaps an easy way to explain...
by Rocksteady | Apr 6, 2018 | Race Previews
The Dakota name for the river was Wasi Oju, meaning “Pines Planted” or “Pine River.” The current name, Zumbro, comes from the French, originally Riviere des Embarras, meaning River of Difficulties. If you say “des Embarras” enough, maybe you’ll start to hear the word...
by Rocksteady | Mar 28, 2017 | Race Previews, Uncategorized
Photo Credit – Kelly Doyle Written By John Storkamp – Race Director Woodstock, Burning Man, mud, sand, pain, pleasure, an Ibex and an Owl had a baby and we named it Zumbro. Baby Zumbro grew and grew and is now a giant looming on the Northern ultra trail...
by Rocksteady | Mar 25, 2016 | Race Previews, Uncategorized
At Zumbro, only two things are certain. The first is that the trail provides a unique, undulating and variable challenge to everyone running, from the winners to those sliding in under the cutoff. The second is that there is no predicting the weather. The past three...
