Minnesota Mile
Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2010 GRANDMA'S MINNESOTA MILE EVENTS
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:
- $20 for Minnesota Mile runners;
- $25 for St. Luke's Walk a Mile For Breast Cancer walkers ($10 of each entry fee is contributed to the St. Luke's/MN Mile Walk A Mile For Breast Cancer Research and Awareness Fund.)
For more information contact:
Grandma's Marathon headquarters - (218) 727-0947 or grandmas@grandmasmarathon.com
RACE SCHEDULE
Award Ceremonies will be held immediately following each division in the Holiday Center-Main Lobby. Note: No award ceremony for Kids Mile or St. Luke's Walk A Mile For Breast Cancer.
8:50 a.m. Grandma's Minnesota Mile Wheelchair race - open to those 8 yrs. & older
9:00 a.m. Verizon Wireless Kids Mile - open to those 8 to 14 yrs. old
9:20 a.m. Women's All City Mile - projected time of 6:46 or longer
9:40 a.m. Men's All City Mile - projected time 5:46 or longer
10:00 a.m. Women's Duluth Mile - projected time of 5:31 to 6:45
10:10 a.m. Men's Duluth Mile - projected time of 4:31 to 5:45
10:20 a.m. Women's Grandma's Minnesota Mile - for ages 39 & younger: 5:30 or faster; for ages 40 & older: 5:50 or faster
10:30 a.m. Men's Grandma's Minnesota Mile - for ages 39 & younger: 4:30 or faster; for ages 40 & older: 4:50 or faster
10:40 a.m. St. Luke's Walk A Mile For Breast Cancer - open to all!
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. 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 Events.
NOTE: Participants younger than 12 and in the St. Luke's Walk A Mile For Breast Cancer do not qualify for this offer.
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.
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