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Volunteers needed for Grandma’s Marathon
If you have always wanted to experience Grandma’s Marathon but running just isn’t for you, then volunteering is the perfect solution.
About 1,000 positions remain for next month’s marathon events — scheduled for June 20-22. Join the Grandma’s Marathon volunteer team and help make the race’s ...
Registration begins for Park Point 5-Miler
Registration is now open for northern Minnesota’s oldest road race – the 42nd annual Park Point 5-Miler scheduled for Friday, July 19.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with youth races for children 14 and under, followed by a two-mile walk at 6:15 p.m., and then the five-mile feature race at 6:30 p.m. ...
Moore, Place win Fitger’s 5K
Joe Moore set a course record and claimed the men’s division title at today’s 24th annual Fitger’s 5K in Downtown Duluth.
Moore, 29, of Minneapolis, won the race in 14 minutes and 53 seconds, topping the previous fastest time (Jeremy Polson, 2002, 15:08) by 15 seconds. He also won the 2012 Park ...
Olympic medalist to visit area middle schools
Olympian and World Cross Country champion Lynn Jennings will be the featured speaker at the Wednesday, April 24 Essentia Health Fit-n-Fun Middle School Assemblies.
A 1992 U.S. track Olympian, Jennings will give presentations to students at Duluth’s Lincoln Park Middle School at 10 a.m. and at Superior ...
Rudy Perpich Public Service Award nominations accepted through April 12
You don’t have to be a runner, volunteer or spectator in order to play a role in this year’s 37th Grandma’s Marathon. Public nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Rudy Perpich Public Service Award through Friday, April 12.
Nominees may be any current or former public employee or elected official ...
Great Lakes Marathon Series begins this summer
A new race series has been created for marathoners to add to their list of running feats. The Great Lakes Marathon Series is a collaboration of 25 marathons in the U.S. and Canada that take place along North America’s five Great Lakes.
The group has partnered with the Alliance for the Great Lakes — ...
Fitger’s 5K full
The field for the 2013 Fitger’s 5K Run & Walk has reached its capacity and registration is now closed.
Registration was limited to the first 1,900 entrants, an increase of 100 from last year. The 3.1-mile race is scheduled for Saturday, April 20 at 9 a.m.
Registered participants will be mailed ...
William A. Irvin 5K registration opens Thursday
Registration for the 20th annual William A. Irvin 5K opens at 12:01 a.m. (CDT) on Thursday, March 14.
The field limit for the 2013 race is 1,900 — the same as last year when capacity was reached on April 30. To register, runners should visit www.GrandmasMarathon.com beginning Thursday. The entry ...
Grandma’s Marathon pre-race training seminar to feature Michelle Frey
If you are training for a race during June’s Grandma’s Marathon weekend, then you won’t want to miss the annual Gearing Up for Grandma’s pre-race seminar on Saturday, March 23. This free event from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Essentia Health’s First Street Building is an entertaining and valuable ...
Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon 2013 registration opens Monday
Registration for June’s Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon begins Monday. The race entry process is conducted through a lottery in which 6,300 participants will be randomly selected.
Beginning Monday and continuing through Feb. 22, registration will be available at GrandmasMarathon.com for all half-marathon ...
