The racecourse, in a wonderful combination of serenity and excitement, runs alongside the quiet and scenic shores of Lake Superior before entering the city limits of Duluth where runners are welcomed and pushed to the finish line by a boisterous and enthusiastic throng of spectators. Widely regarded as a world class event with small town charm, our race now welcomes more than 20,000 participants each June and brings with it close to $21M of economic impact to the region. Started by a local group of runners in 1977, Grandma’s Marathon has grown from just 150 participants its first year to now one of the largest and best-known marathons in the United States. Use the app for all event information, race details, course maps, timely updates and participant live tracking and notifications.
"We are doing Grandma's because it's the marathon we do together.Welcome to the official mobile app of Grandma's Marathon, June 16-18, 2022. "We aren't doing a lot of marathons because we love marathons," Matt says. Mostly, race weekend is a chance to see parents and old friends and then run alongside brothers. "It ensures that we're going to be home every year.'" A tradition was never the plan, the brothers say, but now the juggernaut can't be stopped even as times slow and joints grow noisier. "It's the best $300 she ever invested," Alan says. Back in 1988, the race offered lifetime memberships to runners for $100, and so Mary took advantage of the deal and bought three of them. Since then, Jim has collected 37 Grandma's medals, Alan has 34, and Matt has 31. The brothers began competing in Grandma's, which traces the north shore of Lake Superior, as teenagers.
Jim, Alan, and Matt Evans with their parents, Bob and Mary.
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