Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010
Start Time: 9 a.m.
Start Location: Near Fitger's, 600 East Superior Street - Downtown Duluth
Finish Location: Near the Holiday Center - Downtown Duluth
Entry Fee: TBA

For more information contact:
Grandma's Marathon headquarters - (218) 727-0947 or grandmas@grandmasmarathon.com

2009 Grandma's Minnesota Mile Results

2008 Grandma's Minnesota Mile Duluth Results

Registration and Race Packet Pick-up

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2010 MINNESOTA MILE DULUTH ON SEPTEMBER 19th will be held exclusively online beginning in July of 2010.

Race Packet Pick-up:
Main lobby of Fitger's - September 18 (Noon - 6 p.m.) and September 19 (7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.)

250 Guaranteed Entries for the 2011 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon!
By finishing the Grandma's Minnesota Mile Duluth you qualify for a chance to win a Guaranteed Entry into the 2011 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. Two-hundred fifty (250) finishers will be randomly selected to receive a guaranteed spot into the 2011 race - without having to go through the lottery! You will be notified via the mail after the race if you were one of the lucky finishers to be selected. Note: those who receive the guaranteed entry will be required to pay the entry fee to participate in the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. The guaranteed entry is not transferable and may be used only by the person who participated in the Grandma's Minnesota Mile Duluth.

Grandma's Minnesota Mile Duluth Racecourse

The Duluth race is run on a point-to-point course starting near Fitger's, running through the heart of downtown Duluth on Superior Street and finishing near the Holiday Center. Click here to download a course map.

Timing: Chip Timing will be used for the Grandma's Minnesota Mile Duluth.

Race Divisions

The Grandma's Minnesota Mile Duluth will feature five divisions:

• The Minnesota Mile -
  This division is for Elite Runners and those with the following projected finishing times will qualify for this division: For Men - 4:40 or faster; For Women - 5:40 or faster
  
• The Duluth Mile -
  Those with the following projected finishing times will qualify for this division: For Men - between 4:41 and 5:45; For Women - between 5:41 and 6:45
  
• The All-City Mile -
  Those with the following projected finishing times will be placed in this division: For Men - 5:46 or longer; For Women - 6:46 or longer
  
• The Courage Center Mile -
  This division is for Wheelchair participants from ages 8 and up. No electric wheelchairs or handcylcles are allowed.
  
• The Verizon Wireless Kids Mile -
  This division is for children ages 8 to 14.

All divisions include two races - one for men and one for women. Those ages 8 to 14 will automatically be entered into the Kids Mile.

RACE SCHEDULE

Award Ceremonies will be held immediately following each division in the Holiday Center-Main Lobby. Note: No award ceremony for Kids Mile.
8:50 a.m. Grandma's Minnesota Mile Wheelchair race
9:00 a.m. Verizon Wireless Kids Mile
9:20 a.m. Women's All City Mile
9:40 a.m. Men's All City Mile
10:00 a.m. Women's Duluth Mile
10:10 a.m. Men's Duluth Mile
10:20 a.m. Women's Grandma's Minnesota Mile
10:30 a.m. Men's Grandma's Minnesota Mile

Prize Money

Prize money will be awarded to the top 6 men and the top 6 women in the Minnesota Mile (Elite Runner) Division. The following prize money breakdown is from 2009; the 2010 breakdown will be posted soon (amounts are the same for both men and women):

Open Division
1st Place: $2,000
2nd Place: $1,250
3rd Place: $1,000
4th Place: $750
5th Place: $500
6th Place: $250
Total: $5,750 total to the top 6 men and the top 6 women in the open division

Those interested in participating in the Elite field of the Grandma's Minnesota Mile Duluth should email a current running resume to grandmas@grandmasmarathon.com for more information.

Important: Absolutely no early starters are allowed on the racecourse. Individuals in violation of this rule will be disqualified and asked to leave the course. No automobiles, bicycles, baby joggers, roller skis, inline skates, handcycles, hand-cranked wheelchairs, pets or unofficial participants are allowed on the racecourse.

History

In the early 1980’s Scott Keenan, executive director of Grandma's Marathon, started and directed the Minnesota Mile in Duluth, Minnesota. At the time, it was the second mile road race to be hosted in the United States behind the Fifth Avenue Mile directed by legendary race director, Fred Lebow. After a seven year run, the Minnesota Mile was discontinued.

In the summer of 2006, Keenan approached the staff and board of directors of Grandma's Marathon with the idea of reviving the Minnesota Mile. The idea was unanimously supported.

Our goal is to make the Grandma's Minnesota Mile Duluth into one of the premier mile road-races in the United States.

Grandma's Minnesota Mile Major Sponsors