| News From: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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Grandma's Marathon Looking for Volunteers
(KDAL610.com)
Opportunities still exist for people to get involved with the Grandma's Marathon and associated races on June 21 and June 22.
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| News From: Saturday, March 30, 2013 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's, WhistleStop Marathons now Part of Great Lakes Series
(Duluth News Tribune)
Grandma's Marathon, the WhistleStop Marathon and Thunder Bay Marathon are part of the inaugural Great Lakes Marathon Series. The twenty-five race series is a collaboration of races along North America's Great Lakes.
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| News From: Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Gearing Up for Grandma's, From Head to Toe
(WDIO.com)
Grandma's Marathon is just three months away and experts are offering tips on how to stay healthy and ready for the big race.
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| News From: Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
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"Gearing Up For Grandma's" Seminar is Saturday
(KDAL610.com)
Grandma's Marathon is just three months away and the pre-race seminar will host Michelle Frey and Dr. Ben Nelson.
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| News From: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Entry Fee Increase Nears
(Duluth News Tribune)
The famed Grandma's Marathon will have an increase in entry fee's for the June 22 race. The marathon adds five dollars to the fee on Friday.
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| News From: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Part of Endurance Series Challenge
(Duluth News Tribune)
Long distance athletes received a boost on Tuesday when Grandma's Marathon, Twin Cities Marathon and a nordic ski race joined forces for an Upper Midwest Endurance challenge.
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| News From: Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Fink, One Of Grandma's Marathon Founders, Dies At 73
(Duluth News Tribune)
George Fink helped to found the Grandma's Marathon in 1977. Fink was inducted into the inaugural Grandma's Hall of Fame class in 1996
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| News From: Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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2013 Grandma's Marathon Registration Opens Sunday
(Pine Journal)
Registration for the 2013 Grandma's Marathon at 12:01 am on Sunday for the June 22 race.
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Grandma's Marathon Winners Disrespect American Flag
(Duluth News Tribune)
Abdi Abdirahman was photographed with the American flag draped over him like a cape while Kara Goucher carried it all bunched up. Flag etiquette would dictate otherwise.
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| News From: Sunday, June 17, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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London-Bound Abdirahman And Goucher Take US Half-Marathon Titles
(IAAF.org)
Kara Goucher won the U.S. Women's Half-Marathon Championships in Duluth with course record time of 1 hour 9 minutes and 46 seconds.
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First Time In Duluth Is A Charm For Olympian Abdirahman
(Duluth News Tribune)
Abdi Abdirahman won the U.S. Half-marathon Championship in Duluth with a time of 1 hours 2 minutes and 46 seconds.
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Lagat Finally Gets Elusive First Women's Title At Grandma's Marathon
(Duluth News Tribune)
Everlyne Lagat trailed the leader by more than a minute at Grandma's Marathon. She surged to victory with a time of 2 hours 33 minutes and 14 seconds.
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Grandma's Marathon: Everlyen Lagat Finally First
(Star Tribune)
Everlyen Lagat took home top honors in the women's division of Grandma's Marathon with a time of 2 hours 33 minutes and 13 seconds.
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Grandma's Marathon: Kara Goucher Wins U.S. Women's Half-Marathon Title; Berhanu Girma Wins Marathon
(Pioneer Press)
Hometown Olympic Star Kara Goucher upstaged all marathon runners when she set a course record while winning the U.S. Women's Half-Marathon Championship with a time of 1 hour 9 minutes and 46 seconds.
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Berhanu Girma Wins Grandma's Marathon
(News Dire)
Berhanu Girma won Grandma's Marathon with a time of 2 hours 12 mintues and 25 seconds.
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| News From: Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Notebook: Speakers Featured Today
(Duluth News Tribune)
Four guest speakers are slated for the Grandma's Marathon today that include Jeff Galloway, Adam Goucher and Dick Beardsley
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| News From: Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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36th Grandma's Marathon
(Star Tribune)
The thirty-sixth Grandma's Marathon will start at Two Harbors in Duluth this weekend with the return of the men and women's champions from 2011
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2008 Grandma's Marathon Champ To Return To Duluth After Years Away
(Duluth News Tribune)
Travel visa problems kept Kenya's Lamech Mokono from returning to Duluth after winning the race in 2008. He joins a stacked field of talented runners for the 2012 edition of the marathon.
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| News From: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Legend Alex Ratelle Dies At Age 87
(Twin Cities)
Alex Ratelle is on the handwritten results of the inaugural Grandma's Marathon having places fourth overall with a time of 2 hours 37 minutes and 32 seconds at the age of 52. He ran the marathon for 21 straight years.
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| News From: Sunday, June 10, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Count On Kenyans To Shine In Grandma's Marathon
(Duluth News Tribune)
Kenyan men dominated the World Major Marathons in 2011 and Grandma's Marathon in Duluth expects Kenyans to dominate their 2012 race.
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| News From: Sunday, June 3, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Marathon Still King At Grandma's
(Duluth News Tribune)
The Grandma's Marathon remained the largest of three races held the third weekend of June in Duluth with 7,641 registrants, just thirteen more than the Garry Bjorklund half-marathon.
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| News From: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Bonus Offered For Grandma's And Twin Cities Marathon Sweep
(KDA610.com)
The Grandma's Marathon and Twin Cities Marathon will award ten-thousand dollars to anyone who wins the open division of both marathons.
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| News From: Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Loses Loyal Volunteer
(Duluth News Tribune)
Don Fennessy began his long time volunteer career with Grandma's Marathon in 1980. Sadly the June 16, 2012 race will take place with Fennessy's expertise as he died Saturday from pancreatic cancer.
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| News From: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Turn Back The Clock: Grandma's Marathon Record-Holder Dick Beardsley
(Northland News)
Dick Beardsley won the 1981 Grandma's Marathon with a time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 37 seconds and plans to run the 2012 Boston Marahon as part of the thirtieth anniversary of "Duel In The Son."
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| News From: Sunday, August 7, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Gets Recognition
(Duluth News Tribune)
Ed Ayers of Running Times has listed Grandma's Marathon as on of the ten most iconic running events in America
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| News From: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Esko Elementary Teacher Loves Running Grandma's Marathon
(Pine Journal)
Brent Smith loves running the Grandma's Marathon. So much, in fact, that he can't quote the exact number of times he has done the race.
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| News From: Monday, June 20, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Kenyan Sprint Caps Frantic Grandma's Marathon Win
(USA Today)
Chritopher Kipyego won the Grandma's Marathon...barely...with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes, 16 seconds and 36 tenths just two-tenths ahead of second place.
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Gaffe At Finish Line Leads To Photo Finish At Grandma's Marathon
(InForum)
Christopher Kipyego began to celebrate his Grandma's Marathon victory about 60 feet short of the actual finish line and it almost cost him the win. His time of 2 hours 12 minutes 16 seconds and 36 hundredths of a second was exactly two tenths of a second better than Teklu Deneke in the photo finish.
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Warm Support Provides Push For Grandma's Marathon Women's Winner
(Star Tribune)
Yihunlish Bekele Delelecha won the women's division of Grandma's Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 38 seconds.
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| News From: Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Kenya's Kemboi Withdraws From Grandma's Marathon
(KBC.com)
Philemon Kemboi won the 34th Grandma's Marathon but will miss this year's marathon due to visa problems.
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Grandma's Marathon Bounces Back
(Duluth News Tribune)
A few joggers decided to run along t he North Shore in 1977 and Grandma's Marathon was born. Today it has grown to the nation's 17th largest marathon with nearly six-thousand finishers.
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Grandma's Marathon Experience In Duluth Brings Them Back
(Duluth News Tribune)
John Heitzman had such a great experience at the Grandma's Marathon in 2010 that he and his family decided to move to Duluth and will run the marathon again this year.
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| News From: Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Houck Ready For Grandma's Marathon Test
(Duluth News Tribune)
Jennifer Houck could be the first women's division Grandma's Marathon winner from Minnesota in 20 years.
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35th Grandma's Marathon
(Star Tribune)
Their are sixteen elite Kenyans in the field for the thirty-fifth running of the Grandma's Marathon and Charles Munyeki has a PR of 2:07:06 and could challenge the nearly 30 year-old race record of Dick Beardsley.
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| News From: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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As Grandma's Marathon Turns 35, Race Legends Look Back
(Duluth News Tribune)
Garry Bjorklund looks back on blistered feet from his first running of the Grandma's Marathon. So blistered were his feet that he swapped shoes near mile 19 and still won the marathon.
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| News From: Sunday, June 12, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Former Grandma's Marathon Champ Mokono Enters Race
(Duluth News Tribune)
Former Grandma's Marathon Champion Lamech Mokono of Kenya will run this coming Saturday in the thirty-fifth Grandma's Marathon.
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| News From: Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Donates $6,000 To Red Cross
(Northland News Center)
The last chance registration for the Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon held in congjunction with Grandma's Marathon raised six-thousand dollars for the Red Cross
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Grandma's Marathon Needs More Area Volunteers
(Lake County News Chronicle)
Just over five-hundred volunteer positions remain for Grandma's Marathon which takes place on the weekend of June 16-18.
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| News From: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Registration To Close June 1
(Star Tribune)
Grandma's Marathon race officials will allow registration to remain open for the race until June 1 with more than seven-thousand, nine-hundred runners already registered for the June 18 event.
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| News From: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Fee To Increase This Week
(Duluth News Tribune)
The thirty-fifth Grandma's Marathon will see a fee increase this week from $90 to $100 on Friday.
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| News From: Saturday, February 26, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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There's Still Time To Register For Grandma's Marathon
(Northland News Center)
The deadline to register for the twenty-first annual Garry Bjorklund half-marathon has passed. There is still time to grab a spot in the thirty-fifth running of the Grandma's Marathon
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| News From: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Registrations Ahead Of Last Year
(KDAL610.com)
Registrations for the 2011 Grandma's Marathon are over half-way filled for the June 18 race. Registration fee remains at ninety dollars until April 1.
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| News From: Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Grandma's Marathon Names Minardi To Direct Event Development
(Superior Telegram)
Danielle Minardi has been named as the director of event development for the Grandma's Marathon.
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| News From: Friday, July 2, 2010 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Opens Registration
(Duluth News Tribune)
The thirty-fifth annual Grandma's Marathon will take place on June 18, 2011 and registration is now open on-line at www.grandmasmarathon.com
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| News From: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Heart Attack Was Waiting To Strike, Hermantown Runner's Family Says
(Duluth News Tribune)
An hour or two after Norman Ruth crossed the finish line of Grandma's Marathon he passed away from a heart attack which family members say had nothing to do with the race.
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| News From: Monday, June 21, 2010 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Grandma's Marathon Results And Race Recap
(Examiner.com)
With cooler temps than the last three years of racing Philemon Kemboi won Grandma's Marathon with a time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 44 seconds.
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Grandma's Marathon - Philemon Kemboi Wins
(Gather.com)
Philemon Kemboi of Kenya won Grandma's Marathon with a time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 44 seconds.
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Grandma's Has Big Plans For 2011
(Duluth News Tribune)
Race organizers of the Grandma's Marathon is hoping to see a record field of ten-thousand runners for the 2011 race slated for June 18.
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| News From: Sunday, June 20, 2010 |
| | Grandma's Marathon |
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Defending Champion Couldn't Muster Extra Kick At Grandma's Marathon
(Duluth News Tribune)
Christopher Raabe had to settle for sixth place at Grandma's Marathon while Philemon Kemboi took home top honors with a time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 44 seconds
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Half-Marathon Runner Dies After Race
(Pioneer Press)
Race officials stated that a runner died after the Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon marking the first time in the events thirty-four year history that a runner has died.
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