Dorothy Spencer was presented on Grandma’s Marathon weekend with the 2023 Scott A. Keenan Founder’s Award, the organization announced today. Spencer, already a member of the inaugural class into Grandma’s Marathon Hall of Fame, was honored for her lifetime contributions that have contributed to and embodies the
Ondoro returned to Duluth this year as the defending champion and finished as the runner-up, trailing Barno by 45 seconds and finishing with a time of 2:09:59. This marked the first-ever Grandma’s Marathon in which two men broke the 2:10:00 mark in the same race.
Aaron Pike has become somewhat used to being on top of the podium at Grandma’s Marathon, while it was a new feeling entirely for Jenna Fesemyer as those two were crowned men’s and women’s wheelchair champions on Saturday. Pike won the race for the second straight year
Kara Goucher was adamant this week that her record in the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon was going to fall this year. Turns out, she knows something about running. On her first-ever trip to Duluth, Maggie Montoya ousted the hometown hero Goucher and etched her own name in the event’
By Zach Schneider Mason Shea and Flannery Cerbin-Bohach were crowned the men’s and women’s champions at the 30th annual William A. Irvin 5K, which was run on Friday evening in Duluth. Shea, a 21-year-old from River Falls, Wis., won for the second time in three
A tradition since the start of the race in 1977, the Michelina’s All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Dinner is back as part of this year’s 47th annual Grandma’s Marathon. More than 8,000 plates are typically served each year at this all-day event, which offers a
By Zach Schneider Grandma’s Marathon has been working throughout the year to become a Responsible Sport Certified event, and the final test will come when 50,000+ people descend on Duluth and the surrounding area next weekend for the 2023 race weekend. The certification is granted by the Council
Kevin Lynch not only leads a pack of American men aiming to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials, but is also hoping to become the first American men’s winner of Grandma’s Marathon since Chris Raabe did it in 2009.
The three-member class, being honored for making longstanding and meaningful contributions to the race and the community, will be officially enshrined during the Grandma’s Marathon Awards Luncheon at noon on Friday, June 16 at The Garden Event Center.
Duluth native and former two-time Olympian Kara Goucher will join the broadcast team for this year’s Grandma’s Marathon. Goucher will work as a finish line analyst for this year’s media simulcast. She is the women’s event record-holder in the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. Two-
The award, named after the late Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich, is presented annually to elected officials or public employees who have exhibited immense dedicate and service to Grandma’s Marathon.
Grandma's Marathon will host Fit-n-Fun Run today, which will bring close to 1,500 ISD 709 elementary school students (3rd, 4th, & 5th graders) together for an end-of-the-year celebration at Malosky Stadium. Participants will have the chance to run 1/4 mile race
Joan Andrews and Tom DeSutter have been named the 2023 Don Fennessy Volunteers of the Year, it was announced today by Grandma’s Marathon. The pair each has more than two decades of volunteering history with the event, with most of it coming side-by-side as co-coordinators of
