Press Release - Grandma's Marathon - 1/4/08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

         Grandma's Marathon Makes Move to Online Registration
     Sign-up for the nation's 12th largest marathon opens Jan. 17
 
(Duluth, Minn.) Out with the old — in with the new. For runners looking to 
participate in one of the three feature races during the 2008 Grandma's 
Marathon weekend, June 19-21, the new year brings with it a transition to 
online registration.

For the first time in more than three decades, registrants will no longer 
be required to mail a paper entry form and check. Instead, beginning 
Thursday, Jan. 17 when online registration officially opens for the 32nd 
running of Grandma's Marathon, participants will be able to sign up simply 
by visiting www.GrandmasMarathon.com.

Grandma's Marathon-Duluth, Inc. has partnered with MarathonGuide.com to 
provide 2008 online registration services for Grandma's Marathon, the Garry 
Bjorklund Half Marathon and the William A. Irvin 5K. Registration for all 
three races will be conducted solely through www.GrandmasMarathon.com.

MarathonGuide.com was launched in 2000 as a one-stop resource for 
'everything marathoning.' In addition to providing online registration 
capabilities, the company's web site attracts more than 22,000 unique 
visitors to its site every day and boasts the web's largest directory of 
U.S. and International marathons.

"The response that we have received from our runners has been tremendous 
and we are equally excited about this opportunity to offer the convenience 
and ease of registering online. The entire process takes just a few minutes 
and entry confirmation is virtually instant," says Scott Keenan, executive 
director of Grandma's Marathon. "We could not be happier with our decision 
to make this conversion to a more streamlined registration process."

Informational postcards, which include important registration dates and 
deadlines, were mailed this week to everyone who was registered for last 
year's Grandma's Marathon, Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon or William A. 
Irvin 5K. 

For more information regarding 2008 online registration, visit
www.GrandmasMarathon.com or call (218) 727-0947.

2008 Grandma's Marathon Online Registration Schedule

Grandma's Marathon (Limited to first 9,500 entrants)
Registration opens Thursday, Jan. 17

Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon (4,500 entrants selected via lottery)
Lottery registration is open from Feb. 20 through March 2

William A. Irvin 5K (Limited to first 1,200 entrants)
Registration opens Wednesday, March 19
 

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