Ultramarathon legend Courtney Dauwalter is heading again to her roots. The Hopkins, Minn. native, now based mostly in Leadville, Colo., has introduced she is going to race the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis on Oct. 5, 2025, as a part of the Better of the Midwest Invitational. This particular race-within-a-race options 16 elite runners with ties to Midwestern states, competing for a devoted prize purse of $20,000, along with the general skilled prize purse of $26,000 per gender.
From trails to pavement
Dauwalter is well-known for her dominance in ultra-distance races, together with a number of victories on the Western States 100 (WSER) and Extremely-Path du Mont-Blanc (UTMB). Nevertheless, this marks her return to highway racing after many years away. Dauwalter ran the Twin Cities Marathon in 2009 and once more in 2012 alongside her brothers. “In 2009, I signed up for the Twin Cities Marathon as a result of I couldn’t consider that folks ran 26.2 miles with their toes. It sounded inconceivable, and I needed to discover out if I may do it as nicely,” Dauwalter shared on Instagram. “I ended up surviving and cherished it! I additionally ran it in 2012 side-by-side with my two brothers. That was a very big day collectively. I can’t wait to come back again this 12 months!”
Look again at UTMB 2025
At this 12 months’s UTMB, simply weeks in the past, the three-time winner landed tenth within the girls’s standings—a uncommon sight for followers used to seeing her lead the pack. However as she posted on Instagram, the expertise was about rather more than inserting. “Whereas my legs gave out and left the social gathering early, there have been 1,000,000 causes to maintain taking one other step ahead. Household & associates. Love and excessive fives and hugs…Attending to this end line is perhaps one in all my most treasured recollections.”
An thrilling change
“Coaching for a sooner, shorter highway race than my typical races will certainly add a brand new problem to the puzzle for me,” Dauwalter shared. “I’m excited to mess around with the items to see if I can take what I’ve discovered from coaching for 100-mile path races into highway marathon coaching.”
The Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon will probably be held on Oct. 5, 2025. Study extra right here.