Shana Erickson, a 28-year-old mother from Circle Pines, finished Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth yesterday with a time of 4:26:44.She finished 3319 out of 6898 runners in the popular annual event skirting the North shore of Lake Superior. She was faster than two thirds of the 2500 women who finished. She ran the first 10 kilometers of the 26 mile event in under an hour, at 55:41. She averaged 10:11 per mile.
Not bad for a woman who delivered a beautiful baby girl late last fall.
(Photo was taken by husband Erik. For his full report, find the link posted on the left margin of this page. Click on it. Below is a picture of Erik with his new best friend that he met in Duluth.)
The top woman ran the course in 2:35:40.
Shana is Stan and Kathleen Rolfsrud's niece.
She is the daughter of Linda Rolfsrud Letnes and the Rev. Ron Letnes of Ft. Collins, Col. Linda has retired from teaching this spring; her husband, an ordained Lutheran pastor, has accepted a call to a parish in Cloquet, Minnesota, not far from Duluth. They will be moving to Cloquet in two weeks.Shana draws inspiration from her father, who, at an advanced age, still runs in 10K events. Linda does not, but she is, nonetheless, very inspirational.
