Thousands of runners took to the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Sunday for the 37th annual Twin Cities Marathon and 20th annual TC 10 Mile run.
1The first wave of marathon runners leaves the starting gate of the 2018 Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in downtown Minneapolis.Christopher Juhn for MPR News2Runners competing in the 2018 Twin Cities Marathon leave the starting gate and head toward Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News3Spectators hold signs supporting runners during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News4Runners in the third wave of the Twin Cities Marathon prepare to leave the starting line in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News5Breeta Oxnard of Minneapolis leaves the starting gate of the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in downtown Minneapolis.Christopher Juhn for MPR News6Runners taking part in the Twin Cities Marathon run south down East River Parkway in St. Paul on Sunday in St. Paul, in a long-exposure photo.Christopher Juhn for MPR News7Two fans cheer on runners in the Twin Cities Marathon as they run by at the corner of West River Parkway and East 32nd Street in Minneapolis on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News8Wheelchair racers start the Twin Cities Marathon in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News9Kelly Brewer (right) runs down West River Parkway as he takes part in the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in Minneapolis.Christopher Juhn for MPR News10Ben Conlon (left) of St. Peter, Minn., helps Becky Walker tape a glove on her hand before Walker competed as a wheelchair racer in the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News11A band plays music under the Lake Street bridge as runners pass during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in Minneapolis.Christopher Juhn for MPR News12Jerry Meissen of St. Paul stands on top of the Lake Street bridge in Minneapolis, waiting to cheer on his son Eric Meissen as he runs under the bridge during the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News13Runners in the Twin Cities Marathon head south down East River Parkway on Sunday in St. Paul.Christopher Juhn for MPR News14A giant inflatable float telling runners to "run happy" sits on the State Capitol lawn for the 2018 Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday. The race starts in Minneapolis and finishes at the Capitol grounds in St. Paul.Christopher Juhn for MPR News15Sinke Biyadgilgn runs across the finish line to win the women's title at the 2018 Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in St. Paul. She finished in 2 hours, 33 minutes, 4 seconds.Christopher Juhn for MPR News16Elisha Barno crosses the finish line to win the men's title at the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in St. Paul. Barno finished in a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes, 58 seconds. He had finished as runner-up the previous three Twin Cities Marathons.Christopher Juhn for MPR News17Hermin Garic of Utica, N.Y., rolls across the finish line to win the men's wheelchair division of the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News18Serkalem Abrha runs across the finish line to take second place in the women's field of the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in St. Paul.Christopher Juhn for MPR News19Sarah Kiptoo approaches the finish line of the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday. She took third place in the women's field.Christopher Juhn for MPR News20Medals adorn metal fence posts, waiting to be claimed by marathon finishers, at the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News21Elliot Pierach runs towards the finish line as he completes the TC 10 Mile run on Sunday in St. Paul. The 10-mile race is held in conjunction with the Twin Cities Marathon.Christopher Juhn for MPR News22Boniface Kongin crosses the finish line as the runner-up in the men's field of the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in St. Paul.Christopher Juhn for MPR News23Birhanu Kemal runs across the finish line to take third place in the men's field of the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday in St. Paul.Christopher Juhn for MPR News24Annie Marie Steward smiles for the cameras after she completed the TC 10 Mile run on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News25Irma Grundling is greeted by volunteers as she crosses the finish line of the TC 10 Mile race on Sunday in St. Paul.Christopher Juhn for MPR News26Hermin Garic, the men's wheelchair winner in the Twin Cities Marathon, poses with flowers near the finish line in St. Paul on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News27Medals for the 2018 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon are held up by one of the volunteers near the finish line in St. Paul on Sunday.Christopher Juhn for MPR News28Daniel Dosedel bows for the cameras as he walks across the finish line of the TC 10 Mile race on Sunday in St. Paul.Christopher Juhn for MPR News
