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- Weekend Events
- Fitness Expo
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Essentia Health Fitness Expo
With 100+ vendors, the Essentia Health Fitness Expo is one of the largest in the nation and the perfect place for any last-minute tips, tricks, and apparel you may need before your big race!
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- 2025 Weekend Guide
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- Spaghetti Dinner
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Michelina’s All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Dinner
Our annual pre-race feast brings together not just our race participants, but also their family and friends along with the entire Duluth community in celebration of yet another Grandma’s Marathon.
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- 2025 Weekend Guide
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- Entertainment
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Rock the Bayfront
You may come for the run, but you’ll stay for the fun! Don’t miss our great weekend entertainment, highlighted by live music both Friday and Saturday nights at Bayfront Festival Park!
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- 2025 Weekend Guide
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- Whipper Snapper Races
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Whipper Snapper Races
A central pillar of the Young Athletes Foundation (YAF) is providing free and accessible programming for our area’s kids throughout the year. These programs are focused on our mission of building and providing pathways to the community’s children in their pursuit of active and healthy lifestyles.
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- 2025 Weekend Guide
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- Other Events
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Marathon Weekend
There’s plenty to keep you entertained on Grandma’s Marathon weekend, with several can’t miss ancillary events planned from Thursday-Saturday that add even more excitement to the overall atmosphere around the community of Duluth.
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- 2025 Weekend Guide
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- Fitness Expo
- For Spectators
- While You're Here
- What to See & Do
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Authentic Duluth
Don’t miss out on the authentic Duluth experience! Grandma’s Marathon falls during one of the most beautiful times of the year in northern Minnesota, and there’s no shortage of outdoor adventures or fun activities for you to enjoy with your family and friends on race weekend!
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- 2025 Weekend Guide
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- Where to Eat & Drink
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Authentic Duluth
Every year since 1977, our community has thrown open its doors to runners and spectators in town for Grandma’s Marathon. As the race has grown, the service industry has always been there with a smile to welcome tens of thousands of runners along with their families and friends as they descend on Duluth for race weekend.
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- 2025 Weekend Guide
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- How to Get Around
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Authentic Duluth
There is so much to see and do in Duluth and along the North Shore of Minnesota! Getting there couldn’t be easier with our transportation partners. Whether you need to know where to find parking nearby on race day or you are looking for a way to get around town, we are here to help.
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- 2025 Weekend Guide
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- What to See & Do
- Young Athletes Foundation
- YAF Annual Races
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Our kids. Our community. Our future.
The Young Athletes Foundation (YAF) was created to serve the community, and for more than three decades we have done that with the help of our local and regional business partners. With events throughout the year, our sponsors assist greatly in our mission of providing pathways of opportunity to youth in athletic programs and encouraging healthy lifestyles.
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- Support the YAF
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- YAF Grant Program
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Our kids. Our community. Our future.
Through our grant program, the Young Athletes Foundation contributes to and supports our area’s recreational and athletic organizations working to provide our community’s kids with pathways of opportunities to live healthier and more active lifestyles.
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- YAF Running Shoe Program
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Our kids. Our community. Our future.
Through our running shoe program, the Young Athletes Foundation works each year to provide opportunities to high school runners across our five-county region by providing free shoe certificates to athletes in need through their cross country or track and field program.
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- YAF Scholarship Program
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Our kids. Our community. Our future.
Through the Eleanor Rynda Scholarship Program, the Young Athletes Foundation works to financially support collegiate student-athletes at the University of Minnesota Duluth as they continue their education and competitive running career.
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- YAF Annual Races
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