He will be providing radio commentary for the 21st Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. I thank my lucky stars that I had another pair of shoes, because I don’t think I could’ve finished without them.”ījorklund, now a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, returns to Grandma’s this weekend to celebrate its 35th anniversary. “After that, I used the most protective shoes I could find and forgot about the light-weight models. “I should’ve known better, but I just grabbed a pair of racing shoes off the wall of my store and used those,” he now recalls. His feet were killing him and so he stopped, removed them, and then hailed a friend on a bicycle to bring him his well-worn Nike Waffle Trainers.ĭespite the shoe malfunction, Bjorklund went on to win the race by over five minutes. By the 19th mile, he had realized he had made a rookie mistake, wearing new shoes for the first time in a race. In 1977, Garry Bjorklund was a rookie racer in an inaugural race, Grandma’s Marathon. Garry Bjorklund, right, battles with Dick Beardsley in the 5th edition of Grandma's Marathon.
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