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News From: Saturday, June 17, 2023
 Med-City Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Med City Marathon was a hit, but will it change dates in 2024? (Post Bulletin)
The 2023 Med City Marathon was not held on the Memorial Day Weekend and organizers are deciding whether to continue doing so.
 
News From: Sunday, May 14, 2023
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   Man wins Med City Marathon on his first attempt (ABC 6 News)
Ali Ali won the 2023 Med City Marathon in 2:38.
 
   A Russell repeat: Rochester runner defends women's title at Med City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Lori Russell won the women's race of the 2023 Med City Marathon in 3:03.54.
 
News From: Saturday, May 13, 2023
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   Iowa runner Ali makes impressive Med City Marathon debut (Post Bulletin)
Ali Ali won the 2023 Med City Marathon on his debut marathon in 2:38.54.
 
News From: Saturday, May 6, 2023
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   Med City Marathon directors hoping for calm skies for next week's races (Post Bulletin)
The 2023 Med City Marathon is set to be held on Sunday, May 13, with the race directors hoping there won't be a surprise downpour like on last year's race.
 
News From: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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   Med City Marathon setting a new course, shifting to new dates this spring (Post Bulletin)
The 2023 Med City Marathon will be held on May 13, two earlier than its usual date.
 
News From: Sunday, May 29, 2022
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   Despite stormy weather, Med City Marathon sees big turnout (KTTC)
The 2022 Med City Marathon was successfully held on Sunday, May 29.
 
News From: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
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   Med City Marathon getting closer to 'normal' in 2022 (Post Bulletin)
The 2022 Med City Marathon remains scheduled to be held this Sunday, May 29.
 
News From: Friday, February 11, 2022
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   Med City Marathon to return in 2022 (KTTC)
The 2022 Med City Marathon remains scheduled to be held on May 29.
 
News From: Sunday, September 6, 2020
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Hundreds of runners take part in the virtual Med City Marathon (ABC 6 News)
In its biggest race ever, runners participated in the virtual Med-City Marathon.
 
News From: Monday, April 6, 2020
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   Med City Marathon pushed back to September (Post Bulletin)
The 2020 Med City Marathon, set for May 24, has been postponed to September 6, due to coronavirus concerns.
 
News From: Sunday, May 26, 2019
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   Med City Marathon Hosts Runners on New Course (KIMT 3 News)
Matt Barrett won the 2019 Med City Marathon in 2:09.
 
   Med City Marathon: Celebrations galore for marathon winner (Post Bulletin)
Jia Xuan Huang won the women's race of the 2019 Med City Marathon in 3:25.18.
 
News From: Friday, May 17, 2019
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   Running: Med City Marathon changes course (Post Bulletin)
The 2019 Med City Marathon has a new course due to construction, with a different starting place.
 
News From: Sunday, May 27, 2018
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   Runners race the heat at Med City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Med City Marathon was shortened to a half marathon due to the heat, with several runners treated for heat stroke symptoms.
 
News From: Sunday, May 28, 2017
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   Photos: Scheels Med City Marathon 2017 (Post Bulletin)
A gallery of photos taken from the 2017 Med City Marathon.
 
   Rochester's Rollie is winner in Med City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Jackson Lindquist won the Med City Marathon in 2:34:25 while Jessica Rollie won the women's race in 3:10:10.
 
News From: Thursday, July 9, 2015
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   Med City Marathon Officials Announce New Fall Event (KAALTV.com)
Tuesday, event organizers announced a new fall half marathon/10k/5k. The inaugural event will happen on Sunday, September 20th, 2015.
 
News From: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
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   Record-setting 3,888 runners at Med City Marathon; weather dampens post-race party (Post Bulletin)
"Electricity, rain and beer don't mix," said Wally Arnold, the Med City co-race director. "Do I think we would have drawn more people with a sunny, 80-degree day? Absolutely, but I learned a long time ago you can't do much about the weather, although I must admit I already said a weather prayer for next year."
 
News From: Sunday, May 24, 2015
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   Rochester man, Jim Onigkeit, wins Med City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Jim Onigkeit was first with an unofficial time of 2:54:35. He is a first-time winner of the marathon. He won last year's Med City 5K race.
 
News From: Saturday, May 23, 2015
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   5 things to know about the Med City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
The 20th Med-City Marathon will include a new finish line, a new course and more races than just the marathon.
 
News From: Thursday, May 21, 2015
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   For the 20th time, it's the Med City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Wally and Peg Arnold both completed the 1993 Twin Cities Marathon and afterwards wondered the same thing. "Why not Rochester?"
 
News From: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
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   Heat Sneaks Up on Med City Runners (PostBulletin.com)
The annual Med-City Marathon saw temperatures the snuck up on some runners forcing them to opt out of the marathon and into the half-marathon.
 
News From: Monday, May 26, 2014
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   Local Communities Cheered Runners in the 19th Med-City Marathon (KAALTV.com)
Communities around Rochester Minnesota came out to support the Med-City Marathon runners on Sunday.
 
News From: Saturday, May 24, 2014
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  Human Interest Story
   Walz Will Tackle Med-City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Tim Walz is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's first congressional district and he will be attempting his first marathon this weekend in Rochester Minnesota at the Med-City Marathon
 
   Directors Re-Route Med-City Marathon to Avoid Trains (Post Bulletin)
During the 2001 Med-City Marathon a train cut through the course near the twenty-three mile mark. Race organizers faced the same scenario last year near mile twenty-five. This year they have learned from mistakes of the past as the course has been re-routed.
 
News From: Friday, May 23, 2014
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   Med-City Marathon Adds Events for Families, Non-Runners (KAALTV.com)
Rochester's Med-City Marathon has a record number of participants signed up for race day events. Spectators and other non-runners will have plenty to keep them busy during the weekend.
 
News From: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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  Human Interest Story
   Med City Marathon: A Breath-Taking Achievement for Bartocci (Post Bulletin.com)
Frank Bartocci has been running marathons since 1983 and this Sunday he will run his 589th at the Med City Marathon.
 
News From: Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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  Human Interest Story
   Another Year, Another Med-City Marathon (The Byron Review)
Just less than two weeks until the Med City Marathon kicks off. The May 25 Marathon has been running since 1995.
 
News From: Monday, May 27, 2013
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Rain and Wind Make Weather a Factor Again at Med City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Dangerously hot weather impacted the 2012 Med City Marathon and 2013 runners faced rain and strong head wind.
 
   Med City Marathon Winner Late To Register First To Finish (Post Bulletin)
Tim Hardy won the Med City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 41 minutes 14 seconds.
 
News From: Monday, May 28, 2012
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   Gilman Wins Fourth Med-City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Pete Gilman won the Med-City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 11 seconds for his fourth title.
 
   Hot, Muggy, But Med-City Marathon Goes On (Post Bulletin)
The seventeenth running of the Med-City Marathon proved to be hot and muggy with gusty winds. Not an ideal day for marathon runners.
 
   Women's Med-City Marathon Winner Can't Espcape The Heat (Post Bulletin)
Serene Griffin won the women's division of the Med-City Marathon despite temperatures in the mid eighties.
 
News From: Thursday, May 24, 2012
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   Med City Marathon Facts (Post Bulletin.com)
The Med City Marathon will kick off this Sunday at 7 a.m. at the Byron elementary school and finish at the Mayo Civic Center Arena
 
News From: Sunday, May 29, 2011
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Rochester Man Wins Med-City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Rong Giles won the Med City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 44 minutes and and 40 seconds.
 
News From: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   Arnolds Back With Med-City Marathon (Post Bulletin)
Wally and Peg Arnold have returned to the Med-City Marathon after a three year absence. The marathon kicks off on May 29, 2011.
 
News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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  Human Interest Story
   Volunteers Make Sure Med-City Marathon Is Smooth-Sailing (Post-Bulletin.)
The sweltering heat didn't stop nearly thirteen-hundred runners from racing in events that surrounded the Med-City Marathon. George Slicho found time to volunteer and share some jokes as runners passed by.
 
News From: Monday, May 31, 2010
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   Med-City Marathon: Women's Winner Surprises Herself (Post Bulletin)
Amy Vantassel won the 2010 Med-city Marathon for the women's division with a time of 3 hours 32 minutes and 48 seconds.
 
   Med-City Marathon: Rochester Man Runs A Red-Hot Race (Post Bulletin)
Pete Gilman won the Med-City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 36 minutes and 13 seconds.
 
News From: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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   Med-City Marathon: It Could Be Hot, Or Maybe Not (Post Bulletin)
Hot and oppressive could be the words used for the Med City Marathon taking place this weekend at 7 am on Sunday. Race staff said that safety of the runners is paramount.
 
News From: Friday, May 14, 2010
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   Hit Ground Running At Med-City Marathon (Post-Bulletin)
The Med-City Marathon will take place on May 30 and will offer a half-marathon, 20-mile run and a 5K.
 
News From: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Med-City Marathon goes way back -- to 1996 (Post Bulletin)
The first Med-City Marathon was won by Todd Sperling on May 26, 1996 with a time of 2 hours 35 minutes and 16 seconds on a course that was very different than the course the this year's winner, Chuck Engle, won with a time of 2 hours 39 minutes and 16 seconds.
 
News From: Monday, May 25, 2009
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Visit to Rochester pays off for runner from Illinois in Med-City Marathon (Rochester Post-Bulletin)
Heather Himler, Naperville Illinois, traveled to Rochester to visit relatives and won the Med-City Marathon in near record time of 2 hours 57 minutes and 39 seconds. She was the first woman in seven years to break the three hour barrier.
 
   'Marathon junkie' is men's Med-City marathon (Post-Bulletin)
Chuck Engle is so passionate about marathon running that he got the tattoo to prove it. Engle, 28, runs a marathon most every weekend and sometimes two. Engle has done about 180 and Sunday was close to his 80th marathon victory
 
News From: Sunday, May 24, 2009
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   Beginners' luck at Med-City Marathon (Rochester Post-Bulletin)
The 14th annual Med-City Marathon saw two new faces in the winners circle as Chuck Engle, Dublin Ohio, and Heather Himler, Naperville Illinois, won the men's and women's overall marathon titles respectively. It was Engle's and Himler's first time running the Med-City Marathon
 
News From: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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   Med City Marathon Faces Competition from Other Races in Area (Rochester Post-Bulletin)
If you're looking to run a road race in the next two or three weeks, don't worry, there's plenty out there from which to choose.
 
News From: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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  Human Interest Story
   Here a marathon, everywhere a marathon. (Post Bulletin)
In 1996 the Med-City Marathon has hosted runners on the Sunday of Memorial day weekend. It has grown in size and popularity. This year it will have company just down the road. Stillwater has joined the ranks of cities who will host a marathon.
 
News From: Monday, May 26, 2008
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Personal best brings glory for female winner of Med-City Marathon (Post Bulletin.com)
Kara Arzamendia won the women's race of the 2008 Med-City Marathon in a personal best time of 3:12:24. It was a family affair for Arzamendia. Her cousin ran the marathon and two cousins, her husband and father teamed to run the four-person relay. Arzamendia finished eighth overall.
 
News From: Sunday, May 25, 2008
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   Med-City winner's method unorthodox but effective (Post Bulletin.com)
Despite partying until eleven o'clock the night before the marathon, Mark Ott won the Med-City Marathon in 2:54:34, the second slowest winning time in the thirteen year history of the race. Ott runs a marathon per month and has won two of his last three races. Ron Giles finished second in 2:58:46 while Stephen Weigand was third in 2:58:58.
 

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