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Hear inspiring stories leading up to Grandma's Marathon, a 26.2-mile road race along the scenic shores of Lake Superior and finishing in Duluth, Minn. Started in 1977 with only 150 runners, Grandma's Marathon is now the 12th largest marathon in the United States and brings approximately 20,000 participants to northern Minnesota each June. Our podcast is brought to you with the support of Essentia Health. Grandma's Marathon is proudly presented by Toyota, Members Cooperative Credit Union, and ASICS.
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To connect with Shannon or any of our other Grambassadors in the buildup to our 2025 Grandma's Marathon weekend, please see below: Shannon Hogan - Instagram @superiorsingletrack Meet All of Our 2025 Grambassadors
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Dakotah Lindwurm crossed the finish line in Paris as the 12th overall woman and top American in the 2024 Olympic Marathon, solidifying her spot at or near the top of United States distance running. Lindwurm joins the podcast to discuss the strategy behind her race, which included (unintentionally, perhaps) leading the field just past the halfway point. She shares details of her life and preparation in Paris for the biggest race of her life, and she also details what might be next in her stil...
2024 US Olympian Dakotah Lindwurm joins the podcast to relive her experience finishing third at the US Olympic Trials in February and share more about her preparation for the upcoming Summer Games in Paris. A two-time Grandma's Marathon champion, Lindwurm this year will be competing in the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon as part of her training plan for the Olympics. She will also be making several public appearances during race weekend, giving fans a chance to meet her before she departs for ...
Riley Saunders is one of our 2024 Grambassadors, selected from a large group of applicants to share his passion and knowledge of our race weekend. Saunders joined the podcast to talk about the mental aspect behind distance running, sharing his story of going from the 5K and 10K races to full marathons and beyond. Saunders shares what worked for him in overcoming the mental barrier to running longer distances, and he offers some tips and tricks for those participating in this year's Grandma's...
Michelle Ziebarth is one of our 2024 Grambassadors, selected from a large group of applicants to share her passion and knowledge of our race weekend. Ziebarth was diagnosed in the mid 2010s with Chron's Disease and has run in Duluth several years since that time, battling and dealing with the complications that come along with the diagnosis. She joined the podcast to talk about the many areas of accessibility when it comes to endurance sports and special events - from wheelchairs to other s...
Fresh off top 10 finishes at this year’s Boston Marathon and London Marathon, Fesemyer returns to Duluth this summer as the defending champion in the women’s wheelchair division. Having raced to a 1:47:20 finish last year, Fesemyer broke the tape for the first time at Grandma’s Marathon and will try this year to become the sixth woman to have two or more wheelchair titles in Duluth. She speaks on why the excitement and energy of Duluth makes Grandma's Marathon her favorite event as we...
Hannah Koch is one of our 2024 Grambassadors, selected from a large group of applicants to share her passion and knowledge of our race weekend. Hogan joined the podcast to talk about her first-ever marathon, sharing tips and tricks for those participants set to reach the start line for the first time this June at Grandma's Marathon. Koch shares advice for the buildup to race day and also talks about some of the mistakes she made and things she wished she knew. To connect with and/or follow ...
Chris Lundstrom is going to Paris! As head coach of Minnesota Distance Elite, Lundstrom gets to work with 2x Grandma's Marathon champion Dakotah Lindwurm, who qualified for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics via a third place finish at the US Olympic Trials in February. Not only does Lundstrom work with Lindwurm, he also oversees the training programs for several of the up-and-coming American distance runners from the team's home base in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. He joined the podcast to t...
Shannon Hogan is one of our 2024 Grambassadors, selected from a large group of applicants to share her passion and knowledge of our race weekend. Hogan joined the podcast to talk about her experience with the mental health benefits of running. In this episode, she talks about finding therapy through running and also how to combat the days where training seems too much. IMPORTANT: Hogan is not licensed mental health professional, and this episode is meant to be purely experiential. If you'r...
Carrie Rodman is one of our 2024 Grambassadors, selected from a large group of applicants to share her passion and knowledge of our race weekend. Rodman joined the podcast to talk about the dirty, three letter words in running - DNF and DNS. It's a reality in marathoning that not every registered participant will make it to the starting line, and not everyone who starts will finish. Rodman talks about her experience being unable to start a race she had signed up and trained for, and she sha...
Sarah Stuhr is one of our 2024 Grambassadors, selected from a large group of applicants to share their passion and knowledge of our race weekend. Stuhr was the first-ever non-binary champion of our Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon, finishing that race in a time of 2:56:58. They joined the podcast to talk about the importance of inclusivity in running, specifically pertaining to non-binary and transgender participants. Stuhr details the important work they've seen done in the past five years, i...
Two-time Grandma's Marathon champion Dakotah Lindwurm joins the podcast to talk about her training leading into the 2024 US Olympic Trials, where she will be one of the athletes expected to compete for a spot in the Paris Games. In 2021, Lindwurm became the first Minnesota woman to win Grandma's Marathon since Janis Klecker in 1987, and then one year later she returned to become just the eighth repeat women's champion and first since Sarah Kiptoo in 2016. Lindwurm has been a fan favorite ea...
Nadir Yusuf made his marathon debut at the 2023 Grandma's Marathon, running a time of 2:15:26 that was good for 13th place overall and qualified him for the 2024 US Olympic Trials. Yusuf, from Willmar, Minn., attended Minnesota State Moorhead, where he competed mostly in middle and long distance track events. He was a multi-time conference champion, a two-time All-American, and he still holds several school records for the Dragons. In February, though, he'll be running the race of his life....
Jacob Oak is one of our 2024 Grambassadors, selected from a large group of applicants to share his passion and knowledge of our race weekend. Oak works as a personal fitness and running coach in Minnesota's Twin Cities area, and he watched several of his clients set new personal bests in Duluth last summer while he himself set a 10-minute PR at the 2023 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. One of Oak's passions with people he coaches is exploring the mental aspect of running, specficially the "wh...
Lauren Hagans made her marathon debut at the 2023 Grandma's Marathon, and her first-ever race was certainly one to remember. Hagans beat out two-time defending champion Dakotah Lindwurm to win the women's crown, finishing her debut with a time of 2:25:55. That time also qualified Hagans for the 2024 US Olympic Trials, which will be held February 3 in Orlando, Fla. Hagans lives and trains in Flagstaff, and she's excited for the opportunity to compete for one of three women's spots in the 2024...
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