Registration for this month's Grandma's Marathon closed yesterday with the field roughly 1100 runners shy of its 9500 runner capacity.A total of 8338 runners had registered for June 20th event by the close of business yesterday, but executive director Scott Keenan thinks the final entrant total will end up around 8400.
Kevin Pates of the Duluth News-Tribune wrote THIS story today about whys and wherefores of the first entrant shortfall in 15 years for the venerable Duluth event.
One aspect of this story that hasn't been covered: How many finishers will Grandma's have this year? I'm guessing far more than the 6,876 that finished last year. This year, runners could actually wait to see if they are in shape and healthy before signing up. So, I'm predicting a lot more runners on the line in Two Harbors.
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