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Time continues to fly as we are in the last week of May.  If you've been thinking you could handle Grandma's Marathon you need to act fast to put your money where your mouth is.

The Fitger's 5K is done and people are turning their sights on training for the William A. Irvin 5k and Grandma's Half and Full Marathons.  I can help you in two aspects.  Turn you on to professional help training for your race and what NOT to do as you cross the finish line!

If you been thinking of running Grandmas Marathon this year and are looking for that little nudge to take that step to register for it, how about saving money to do it?

Make it a family affair and get the kids signed up for the FREE Whipper Snapper Races this Friday afternoon!  There will be plenty of time to get to the William A. Irvin 5K afterwards and your children will have a sense of participating and accomplishment.  Here's everything you need to know to make your day perfect!

As Grandmas Marathon approaches, volunteers get ready for a long and rewarding day and runners start to get a little anxious to lace up and hit the road.  Runners should take advantage of the guest speakers Grandmas Marathon offers the day before the race. Austin-Jarrow Sports and Grandma’s Marathon invite runners and other guests to sit back, relax and get inspired as they listen to this year’s e

Grandmas Marathon weekend promises to once again bring elite athletes into town, especially with the USA Half Marathon Championships taking place once again.  A pair of Olympians from last year’s Summer Games in London head the list of Americans set to race in Saturday’s USA Half Marathon Championships.

It's Grandmas Marathon week and if you are a runner looking for extra motivation, you can enjoy another great line-up of speakers this year.  All speakers will be in Duluth Friday, June 21 in Edmund Fitzgerald Hall at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. All presentations are free and open to the public.  Here is the 2013 line-up:

As we get to the final days before Grandma's Marathon, we took some time this morning to talk to Bob Gustafson, public relations director about upcoming events starting with the Health Expo this Thursday.

Trish Staine, 33, of Duluth got the biggest surprise early this week. Having not gained any weight and her cycle never changed, she knew she was uncomfortable and having back pain. Having a baby, nope! She continued to training, after all, she's not pregnant, in fact, that was the last thing she thought.

Registration for the June 22 running of Grandma's Marathon will remain open for an extra week. This extension now gives runners through Friday, June 7 to join the field for the event’s 37th running. The last time Grandma’s Marathon occurred on a date later than this year was in 1990, when it was held June 23...