The Race Across America (RAAM) starts tomorrow, June 19.

From "Chews Views" on the raceacrossamerica.org website:

Sweden’s Anna (Cat) Berge qualified for RAAM at the 2001 Furnace Creek 508, placing second overall and beating Seana Hogan’s 1991 rookie time by over four hours. Berge is attempting to become the first woman finisher since Cassie Lowe in 2001. She will be going for Muffy Ritz’s 12-year old rookie record of 12.49 mph, which would yield a finishing time of 10:04:21 on the 2005 course. Berge once took a survey of why people drop out of RAAM. I hope she doesn’t become a statistic in her own survey.
Cat's website is http://www.catharinaberge.com - it's pretty interesting, lots of photos. She has a PhD in comparative pathology

Here's the link for Cat's RAAM updates Her pre-race message was written June 6. Apparently she intends to post messages each day.