'The weather today rated 10 out of 10 and helped me do that.' I knew I could run, maybe, three minutes faster,' the 5-1, 105-pound Lindwurm said. Two months ago, in the Boston Marathon, Lindwurm finished 14th in 2:29:55, and that wasn't what she wanted. Lindwurm, a member of the Minnesota Distance Elite program, found herself alone at about 16 miles and pushed on to finish within 33 seconds of the course best of 2:24:28, set by Kellyn Taylor in 2018. start in Two Harbors with an 8 mph tailwind, and it was no more than 50 at the finish in Duluth's Canal Park. Ondoro, 34, won Saturday in 2:09:34, the second-best time on the course since he finished in 2:09:06 in 2014.ĭominic Ondoro (in orange) has won the Twin Cities Marathon four previous times (2015-17, 2019).

Because of injuries, he hadn't won a race since the 2019 Twin Cities Marathon. The day was kind to nearly all of the 8,832 entries, including men's course-record holder Dominic Ondoro of Eldoret, Kenya. 'I was reminded of what the course record was, just before the race started, and it gave me a purpose. This might be the pinnacle of my career so far,' said Lindwurm, a former high school hockey goalie in St.

It was a personal best by four minutes and was the second-best women's time in race history and the 12th best in American women's marathon history. Aided by superb racing weather, she won a second straight women's title, in 2 hours, 25 minutes, 1 second.

The rising star distance runner from Eagan stood by her word, again, in Saturday's 46th Grandma's Marathon. DULUTH - Dakotah Lindwurm's favorite mantra is: I'm strong, I'm fast, my speed will last.

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