Grandma's Early Registration Begins

Grandma's Marathon, which didn't fill its 9500-runner field for the first time in 15 years in 2009, yesterday opened its "early-bird" registration program for the 2010 running of Grandma's.

According to THIS Duluth News-Tribune story by Kevin Pates, the race signed up 125 entrants on the first day.

Early registrants get a $10 discount on entry fee -- paying $75 rather than $85 to run the 34th-annual event -- and are offered discounts of up to $25 per night at participating area hotels.

Early registration for Grandma's Marathon is open until September 7.