Dick Beardsley 1/2 Marathon and 5K Race/Walk

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT THE DICK BEARDSLEY RUN

"One of the premier lakes area running events." - Lakes Area Press Detroit Lakes, MN

“It’s all a race should be. Good people, good atmosphere, and even ice cream.”

Cindy Deuser - Run Minnesota Magazine

“A truly homespun event that I would call one of my favorites.”

Doug Kurtis - Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

LOOKING FOR AN ENERGIZING, FALL RUN?

Slip on your running shoes and come into Detroit Lakes for the Dick Beardsley 1/2 Marathon, 2 person relay and 5K walk/run. The runs are scheduled for 8:30 am on Saturday, September 12. Join the fun at the Friday evening Spaghetti Feed from 6-7:30 pm on September 11 at the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center. Dick Beardsley & Bart Yasso will speak at 7:30 pm.

2009 marks the 14th Anniversary for the Dick Beardsley Half Marathon. Look for plenty of extras such as chip timing, performance fabric garments, plenty of entertainment along the course as well as water stops.

Call Brent Wolf at 218-844-4221, ext. 118 with questions or to find out about sponsorship and volunteer opportunities.

DICK BEARDSLEY RUN WELCOMES THIS YEARS RUNNING LEGEND -

BART YASSO

Bart Yasso joined Runner's World in 1987 to develop the groundbreaking Runner's World Race Sponsorship Program, creating a vehicle for Runner's World to work with over 7,000 races representing 4 million runners per year. In 2007, Bart was inducted into the Running USA Hall of Champions.

Yasso also invented the Yasso 800s, a marathon-training schedule used by thousands around the world. He is one of the few people to have completed races on all seven continents from the Antarctica marathon to the Mt. Kilimanjaro marathon. In 1987, Yasso won the U.S. National Biathlon Long Course Championship and won the Smoky Mountain Marathon in 1998. He has also completed the Ironman five times and the Badwater 146 through Death Valley. He has also cycled, unsupported and by himself, across the country twice. More on Bart

PAST GUEST RUNNERS

The race has hosted many distance running legends over the past years including; Alberto Salazar, Carrie Tollefson, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Bill Rodgers, Don Kardong, Doug Kurtis, Patti Catalano Dillon and Frank Shorter.

2009 ONLINE REGISTRATION

DOWNLOAD 2009 BROCHURE AND REGISTRATION FORM

Fill in the form below to access a PDF version of the Dick Beardsley Run Brochure and Registration form.