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.

The 20th anniversary of one the Northland's premier road 
races is bringing improvements to the event's registration process.

2009 Fitger's 5K Registration Moves Online

Grandma's Marathon

Human Interest Story

Wesly Ngetich's family was the recipient of just over thirteen thousand dollars that was raised during the Grandma's Marathon. Ngetich was the two time Grandma's winner who was killed during the violence in Kenya. He left behind two wives and four children.

Fund helping children of late Grandma's Marathon champion

Post-Race Review/ Results

Tom Prentice of Lake Elmo and Krista Ruffini of Stillwater were the top area finishers at Saturday's 32nd Annual Grandma's Marathon.  Prentice, at forty-eight, completed the marathon in 2:59:05 finishing 108th overall.  Ruffini was the 54th female with a finish of 3:27:04.

Prentice, Ruffini pace area finishers at Grandma's Marathon

Two-time champion of the 2008 Grandma's Marathon, Mary Akor won the race in 2:38:50.  This was her second marathon win following the Vancouver Marathon forty-eight days ago.  She completed seventeen in 2005 and 2006 alone. But, preparing for Boston, she decided to change her training approach.  Instead of using marathons as training runs -- she doesn't always run her hardest, she had limited her miles in the months before the 2008 Biejing Olympics U.S. Women's Marathon Team trials.

Marathon Summary

Marathon Results