Press Release - Grandma's Marathon - 3/5/13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                      Gearing Up for Grandma's 2013 

            Pre-race Training Seminar to Feature Michelle Frey

(Duluth, Minn.) 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 23. This free event from 9 
a.m. to 11 a.m. at Essentia Health's First Street Building is an 
entertaining and valuable training resource for both first-timers and 
veteran runners.

The seminar's featured speaker is Michelle Frey, who finished third in the 
USA Half Marathon Championships held in Duluth last year. This personal 
best performance (1 hour, 11 minutes, 45 seconds) earned her a spot on the 
U.S. team for the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Bulgaria.

Frey, 30, has a marathon best of 2:35:51 (2006 USA Marathon Championships) 
and is a two-time participant in the U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Trials 
in (Boston – 2008, Houston – 2012). A seven-time state champion in track 
and cross-country at Iowa City High School, Frey attended the University of 
Wisconsin, where she earned All-Big Ten honors.

Other Gearing Up for Grandma's presenters include:

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, which also includes Duluth News Tribune sports writer Kevin Pates 
serving as the emcee.

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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