As my time as a Grambassador comes to a close, I’ve been thinking about what Grandma’s Marathon has meant to me over the years.  I’ve experienced race weekend from just about every perspective. I’ve run the full marathon, completed the Grandma’s Challenge, run the half marathon 10 times, raced several

Grandma’s Marathon 2026 helped me create so many awesome memories that I’ll cherish for a long time. With it being the 50th anniversary, I wanted to make it extra meaningful, so I signed up for the Grandma’s Challenge and completed both the 5K and the full marathon. Let’s just say… they weren’t kidding

I’ve run eleven marathons now, and you’d think somewhere around double digits I’d have this whole thing figured out. Spoiler: I do not. READ MORE: The Supershoes Lied to Me (And Other Things I Learned Running a Marathon with Toddlers) I came into Grandma’s this year fit. Like, actually fit.

There’s something powerful about seeing thousands of people willingly line up to do something hard. Simply because somewhere along the way, they decided they needed this challenge. As Grandma’s Marathon celebrates its 50th anniversary, I keep thinking about how this event has become part of so many people’s stories. And not

As a lifelong Minnesotan I’ve been to Duluth many times.  There are so many things to see and do that there are many that I have never experienced.  Particularly during Grandma’s Marathon weekend I find myself falling into the same routines and visiting the same places.  While I love these

Entering my 4th year as a GRAMbassador (and my 3rd year running Grandma’s), I knew this topic was one I wanted to blog about. I ran my first marathon in 2005 in my early 20s.  Fast forward 9 years and I had my first kid.  I was either pregnant or nursing for

I just dropped out of what was to be my first half Ironman. This came shortly after I dropped out of pacing the Fargo Marathon, and just before I dropped out of the Hospital Hill half that I run every year in Kansas City.  I’ve dropped out of half a

In my Junior year of High School (2014), I pulled up Google Search on my phone and typed “running and panic attacks, will my body ever feel normal again?” The results were mostly WebMD, telling me to seek medical attention if I didn’t feel well but I stumbled upon a