Grandma’s Marathon 2027 sells out in under 3 hours, setting new record

As runners get ready to lace up their shoes this weekend for the Twin Cities Marathon, another famous Minnesota marathon has sold out once again in record time.

Registration for the 2027 Grandma’s Marathon weekend in Duluth opened on Thursday at 7 p.m., and within three hours, the entire event was sold out.

“We’ve again reached an unprecedented level of interest in Grandma’s Marathon,” Marketing & Public Relations Director Zach Schneider said. “Registration has shifted these past years to a conversation around weeks and months to mere minutes and hours. It’s truly humbling to sit here and watch people from all over the world decide that they want to be in Duluth for our race weekend.”

At one point, organizers say that m...