Grandma's Marathon - An annual marathon in Duluth, Minnesota, held in the late spring. The marathon runs through established points, starting from Two Harbors through Lake County Road 61 (passing through Duluth) and ending at Canal Park, at Lake Grandma's Restaurant on the Aerial Lift Bridge.
The grandmother's marathon was first held in 1977; There were 150 runners. The first winner was Minnesota runner Garry Bjorklund. Ever since Grandma's Restaurant sponsored the race, the marathon is named after her. There are about 10,000 runners in the marathon each year.
The record of Grand Marathon's marathon run at 26.2 miles is 2:09:37 and was acquired in 1981 by Dick Beardsley marathoner.
In 2004, Polish runner Elżbieta Jarosz participated in the marathon, which took second place with a score of 2:37:02. In 2006, Duluth was 27th in the rankings of Wiesława Perszke with a time of 2:35:38.
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