With 50 years of Grandma's Marathon, only one man will have ran them all

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When thousands of runners line up in Two Harbors on Saturday for the 50th annual Grandma’s Marathon, only one will be running his 50th Grandma’s too. John Naslund, 76, was one of about 150 runners when he ran the very first Grandma’s in 1977. Now it’s grown to more than 9,000 participants and come Saturday Naslund hopes to be the sole person who can say he’s ran all 50. He spoke to Minnesota Now host Nina Moini about his streak.

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