Some of the routine things - it's taken a while to get to that groove." It's been almost three years since it was something normal like this. "It took a little more work," said race director Shane Bauer. The number of entrants - 21,000 - rivals 2016 when the marathon celebrated its 40th anniversary with its largest field. This year's events, which include the Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon and William Irvin 5K, return to a full-sized field for the first time since 2019. The scenic 26.2-mile marathon follows the Lake Superior shoreline from Two Harbors, Minn., to Canal Park in downtown Duluth. It's just such a whirlwind."Ī race and a party, Grandma's Marathon is one of the city's biggest and most profitable events of the year, drawing folks from all over the world who generate more than $20 million in economic activity. I had to talk to all of the senior staff about what we used to do. "I can't even remember the last Grandma's.
The past several years have been a mix of pandemic cancellations and road construction on Superior Street, the busy downtown road that runs past his bar.
Maxim isn't sure what a normal marathon weekend looks like anymore. DULUTH - Earlier this week, Mike Maxim finished setting up a new 40-seat outdoor patio space with portable bar that Dubh Linn Irish Pub plans to debut on Saturday morning - just in time for patrons to watch runners in the homestretch of Grandma's Marathon.
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