Press Release - Grandma's Marathon - 3/1/11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                      Gearing Up for Grandma's 2011

            Pre-race training seminar to feature Katie McGregor

If you are training for a race during June's Grandma's Marathon weekend, 
then you won't want to miss the annual Gearing Up for Grandma's pre-race 
seminar on Saturday, March 26. This free event from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 
Essentia Health's First Street Building is a valuable training resource for 
first-timers or veteran runners alike.

The seminar's featured speaker is Katie McGregor, the 2010 USA Track & 
Field Women's Long Distance Runner of the Year.

Last year, McGregor captured three national championships (10 mile, 15k and 
25k) and placed second at the USA Women's Marathon Championship with a 
personal best of 2 hours, 31 minutes, 1 second. She opened 2011 with a 
fourth-place finish (1:12:13) at Houston's USA Half Marathon Championships.

McGregor is a native of Ohio and ran collegiately at the University of 
Michigan, where she was a nine-time All-American and three-time NCAA 
champion. She has been a Team USA Minnesota member since 2001.

Other Gearing Up for Grandma's presenters include:

Eric Hartmark – Local Elite Runner

Ben Nelson, MD – Grandma's Marathon Medical Director and Essentia Health 
Orthopaedic/Sports Medicine Physician

Heather Pitschka, RD – Essentia Health Registered Dietitian

Jim and Mary Stukel – Owners of Tortoise and Hare Footwear

Following the individual presentations, a question and answer session will 
be held with all of the presenters. A prize drawing will conclude the 
event. 

Gearing Up for Grandma's is presented by Essentia Health, the Duluth News 
Tribune and Grandma's Marathon. For more information, call (218) 727-0947 
or visit GrandmasMarathon.com.

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