Gary Bjorklund

If you're looking to participate in and of the 41st Grandma’s Marathon Weekend races, which include Grandma’s Marathon, the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon and William A. Irvin 5K, get ready to register beginning Saturday.

Registration is now open for the 10th Annual Minnesota Mile road race, which is Sunday, September 11 in downtown Duluth.  This is a fun event for all skill levels and 250 finishers will be randomly selected to receive guaranteed entries into the 2017 Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon.

The Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon has become one of the most popular races in the area.  If you want to enter the lottery to get in, you are running out of time.

If you're looking to have fun, get a little exercise, and perhaps get a guaranteed entry into the 2016 Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon, Grandma's Minnesota Mile is this Sunday and you can still get in.

Hopefully you haven't stopped running from this years Grandma's Marathon races, because it's about time to sign up for the 2016 races.

Grandma’s Marathon weekend kicked off tonight with the William A. Irvin 5K ― the first of three races scheduled for the 39th annual event. In years pass the heat and humidity have been a factor for this race, but not this year with cooler temps...

A sure sign we're over half way done with winter is that registration for the 2015 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon is about to begin.  Cross your fingers that you get in, as the race entry process is conducted through a lottery in which 6,700 participants will be randomly selected.

The volunteers are working hard, the spectators provided much needed support, and the runners all deserve congratulations for their efforts.  Did you run in a race this weekend?  Do you know people who were out there pounding the pavement?  You can get all the results right here.

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

Runner tracking is back this year for Grandmas Marathon and the Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon.  Being a runner of the half marathon, along with family members, I can personally vouch for how handy this is.  Rather than have to guess at when a runner may be at certain check points and the finish line, this tool let's you really narrows down when you should be looking for them to cheer them on. Read

Get ready to hit the training roads, or treadmills, and cross you fingers because lottery registration for the 2013 Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon begins Monday, February 11th.  You can register individually or as a group so you either all get in or nobody gets in.

I experienced firsthand the cold, wet conditions at the start of the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon.  I stood in the rain with thousands of other runners waiting to start, but looking back it was something I'm glad I experienced.  Like Cathy Kates, I finished the half with a personal best time due to a nice cold wind at my back and plenty of cloud cover. While my legs are sore today, I was happy to