Grandma's Marathon runs along the beautiful shores of Lake Superior. The terrain consists of some gently rolling hills, the weather is usually ideal for marathoning and the course is very scenic.

Grandma's Marathon

Humor

An exploration of the interplay between the desire and physical ability to run a marathon, by sports columnist Frank Rajkowski.  Rajkowski's two twin brothers have both completed Grandma's marathon for two consecutive years; here, Rajkowski analyses the source of his personal 'weakness'.

Rajkowski column: Marathon mentality is hard to run down

Post-Race Review/ Results

Director Scott Keenan says further growth will likely be curtailed.

Grandma's Marathon and the accompanying Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon, two extremely popular races, may have reached their limit.

Grandma's Marathon has nowhere to grow

After playing the rabbit in 2002, Andrey Gordeyev resisted the urge to be the frontrunner in the 2004 Grandma's Marathon and instead sat back.  In the end, Luke Metto who immediately went to the front finished second in 2:18:38.  Vladimir Tsiamchyk was the winner in 2:17:59 and Pavel Andreev was third in 2:18:59.

Gordeyev stayed in the Grandma's Marathon hunt by playing the fox

At 43, some would think that Fira Sultanova-Zhdanova was too old to win another Grandma's Marathon, but the Russian proved the skeptics wrong as she ran away to win unchallenged in 2: 35:08.

Marathon Summary

Marathon Results