• Any for-profit or non-profit corporation or municipality is eligible to participate.
• All full- and part-time employees who are registered for either Grandma’s Marathon, the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon or the William A Irvin 5K are eligible to participate.
• Non-employees (family members, friends, etc.) are not eligible to participate.

Each team must designate a Team Captain, who will be responsible for basic team management tasks. NOTE: Creating or joining a corporate team DOES NOT officially register you for the race.

All team members must be already registered for either Grandma’s Marathon or the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in order to register for and participate in the Corporate Team Challenge.

FOR TEAM CAPTAINS

1. The Team Captain must first create a team. This feature will be available prior to race registration launch on October 1. To create a team, click HERE and select the “Register” button on the right.
2. Once signed in, the Team Captain will select one of the following options:
   – Create Grandma’s Marathon Corporate Team
   – Create Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon Corporate Team
   – Create William A. Irvin 5K Corporate Team
3. The Team Captain will complete the registration form. In the section titled “Add Registrant to a Team,” please select “Create a New Team.”
4. The Team Captain will name the team. IMPORTANT: If your corporation or municipality plans to have a team for both Grandma’s Marathon and the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon, please indicate this in your team’s name (i.e. TeamDuluth 26.2 and TeamDuluth 13.1).
5. The Team Captain will submit payment for the team.
6. The Team Captain will share the team’s name with fellow team members.
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FOR TEAM MEMBERS

1. Starting at 7:00 p.m. on October 1, team members and team captains can officially register for Grandma’s Marathon, the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon, and the William A. Irvin 5K. 
2. Team members and captains will complete the race registration form. In the section titled “Add Participant to a Team,” please select “Yes, add to an existing team.”
3. Select the team name given to you by your Team Captain and follow the remaining prompts. NOTE: There is no fee to JOIN a team, only to create one.

TIMED COMPETITION SCORING
The three fastest chip times of each team will be added together (must include the time of one female and one participant who is at least 35 years old). NOTE: If a team fails to have at least one male, one female, and one participant who is at least 35 years old complete the race, that team will not be officially scored or eligible for awards.

TIMED COMPETITION AWARDS
The winning team in the timed competition will receive a Corporate Team Challenge plaque inscribed with the names of the top three participants. Awards will also be given to the second and third place teams.

PARTICIPATION COMPETITION AWARDS
An award will be presented to the corporation with the highest number of employees who register and finish.

NOTE: All awards will be mailed to the winning teams 4-6 weeks after Grandma’s Marathon weekend. 

For more information on registering for the Corporate Team Challenge, please contact our Program Director Alivia Nelson via email at [email protected] or call our office at (218) 727-0947.

• The Corporate Team Challenge fee is $25 + processing fees and is issued per team, per race.
  • I.e. if your corporation or municipality has one team in the Grandma’s Marathon and Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon Corporate Challenges, the fee will be $50 + processing fees.
• This fee is in addition to the individual race entry fees paid by individual team members.