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STAFF BLOG ADDICTED TO RUNNING A defiant spirit
As I climbed on the treadmill early Tuesday morning, still a bit sluggish from a long day of work at the newspaper, my thoughts turned to the Boston Marathon. In an instant, the events Monday afterno...
Posted on 4/17/13 at 8:18 AM
STAFF BLOG RINK & RUN The new North Shore Striders; Big 10 playoff format
When Grandma's Marathon began in 1977, the organizing group behind the effort was the North Shore Striders of Northeastern Minnesota -- a hard core and citizen runners club, led by Scott Keenan. The c...
Posted on 6/13/11 at 8:18 AM
Duluthian anxiously awaits his first Boston Marathon 
Gregg Robertson of Duluth is making his Boston Marathon debut in Monday’s 117th edition of the famous race. He can’t wait to run from Hopkinton, to Ashland, to Natick, to Wellesley and up Heartbreak Hill.
By Kevin Pates , April 12, 2013
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Women's USA Half Marathon: Duluth native Kara Goucher wins with course record (with video)
Duluth native Kara Goucher, who will run the marathon at this year’s Summer Olympics in London, won the USA Half Marathon Championships women’s race today, setting a course record in 1 hour, 9 minutes and 46 seconds.
By Rick Weegman , June 16, 2012
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Six months after Minnesota courthouse shooting, attorneys will run together in Duluth half-marathon
Tim Scannell and Molly Hicken were a team on Dec. 15 when they and their courtroom bailiff saved each others’ lives by disarming a man who forced his way into the Cook County Attorney’s office in Grand Marais and shot Scannell three times. They'll be a team again today when they run the 13.1-mile Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon.
By Mark Stodghill , June 16, 2012
Grandma's Marathon pacers set the speed
Michael Renavitz will finish Grandma’s Marathon today in 5 hours, 30 minutes — give or take two minutes. He will do it while carrying balloons and a sign reading “5:30” so that other runners with that goal can hang with him.
By Christa Lawler , June 16, 2012
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Get your groove on with these bands during Grandma’s Marathon weekend
This year’s entertainment during Grandma’s Marathon weekend includes the familiar fan-friendly Hall of Fame band gb leighton and the debut of some musicians who haven’t yet played the tents in Canal Park.
By Christa Lawler , June 14, 2012
Runner’s daughter races Grandma's Marathon to raise money to fight cancer
When Kevin Peterson isn’t sick from chemotherapy, he’s working on his 30 rental properties in Superior or donating time as a board member with Grandma’s Marathon. His daughter will be racing 26.2 miles for the first time Saturday to help raise money to fight pancreatic cancer.
By Kevin Pates , June 13, 2012
Louie St. George: Grandma’s Marathon looks to 35th anniversary
Race officials are banking on a record field in 2011 as Grandma’s Marathon celebrates its 35th anniversary.
By Louie St. George , July 08, 2010
Reader's view: Grandma’s, Duluth keep runner coming back
Twenty-five years ago this summer in 1985, I had the privilege of running my first marathon in Duluth at Grandma’s Marathon. After that first experience I was hooked and continued to run marathons, traveling around the country, but also coming back to Duluth on the third Saturday of June many times.
July 07, 2010
Reader's view: Grandma’s committed to runners’ safety
After 34 years of successfully directing more than 100,000 runners the 26.2 miles from Two Harbors to Duluth, the Grandma’s Marathon event has now experienced a fatality: Norman Ruth of Hermantown succumbed to personal health issues during the June 19 running of the Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon (“Grandma’s death was Hermantown man, 64,” June 21, and “Family: Heart attack was lying in wait,” June 22).
July 05, 2010
Grandma’s has big plans for 2011
Executive director Scott Keenan isn’t making any predictions, but he’d like to see a record field of 10,000 runners for the 35th Grandma’s Marathon on June 18, 2011.
By Kevin Pates , June 21, 2010
Mendoza wins men's wheelchair race; Callahan takes women's title
Winning the Grandma’s Marathon men’s wheelchair race wasn’t the first priority for Saul Mendoza and Rafael Jiminez. Both were more interested in their times.
Both needed to break 90 minutes in order to qualify for the World Championships in New Zealand, but a stiff headwind for most of today’s race prevented them from reaching that goal.
By Rick Weegman , June 19, 2010
Deba, 22-year-old Ethiopian, wins Grandma's Marathon women's title
Twenty-two-year-old Buzenush Deba of Ethiopa won the 34th Grandma's Marathon women's race today. She finished with an unofficial time of 2 hours, 31 minutes, 35 seconds, a personal best.
By Jon Nowacki , June 19, 2010
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