Med City Marathon Back to Memorial Day
Rochester’s biggest race is back on Memorial Day weekend after two years, and the marathon relay racers won’t be the only ones passing on their batons.
2022 Fall Training
GOAL RACES: CITY OF LAKES Half Marathon & TWIN CITIES MARATHON This Run Minnesota Training program is designed to prepare you for a fun and successful half marathon or marathon! Led by certified coaches, our training program is developed to encourage beginners while still meeting the needs of the more experienced runners. https://youtu.be/WYT5R9Jm9T4 Watch the […]
I Can See the Mailbox From Here
Before I landed on Reservation River Road, in Grand Portage, I lived on an old farm outside of Two Harbors, Minnesota, on another dead end road, and my oversized red mailbox was a quarter mile down the narrow dirt driveway, on the main road.
On my long runs I had two choices of routes; at the mailbox I could turn right, or I could turn left. Either way gave me many miles of dirt surface, forgiving on the old legs.
Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon Won by Minneapolitan
The runners who lined up near the small-town Minnesota high school weren’t looking for a 26.2-mile run that was one-part race and three-parts rock-and-roll event. They weren’t looking for the wild post-race party. Nor a zero-K “race,” nor the big corporate sponsors, nor googly-eyed banana costumes in which to run.
Lake Wobegon Preps for 14th Annual Marathon; Opens Doors to Brookings Runners
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Run Minnesota Training Highlights
As we turn the page to Summer, we wanted to take a moment to highlight a couple of our program participants and share their experiences with Run Minnesota’s Training Program!
Hometown Heroes Reign in Race’s Return
The racing season’s annual rite of spring in Minnesota brought clouds and rain, but it didn’t matter to the nearly 1,700 runners who had waited two years for the Get in Gear races to return after the pandemic wiped out a 42-year streak of racing.
Emily Quigley
2022 Spring & Fall Training Coach Emily grew-up watching her parents run and fell in love with her own running journey during high school. Running is not just a form of exercise, but a source of social connection, empowerment, enjoyment, and challenge! She’s completed numerous marathons and recently ventured into ultra-distances and trail running. Emily’s […]
Lou Ann Kycek
2022 TRAINING Coach Actively participating in life since 2003 when a childhood friend asked her “So what do you do when you’re not working or being a mother or a wife?” She had no answers. She immediately jumped right into biking, then added running, triathlons, hiking the Superior Hiking Trail and anything that led […]
Danny Docherty
Program Director Danny Docherty is an elite runner and coach. A native of St. Paul, MN, he attended Loyola University Chicago where he ran cross-country and track and field at the Division I level and graduated with degrees in English and Psychology. He first competed as a runner at Cretin-Derham Hall High School where he […]