Paavo Nurmi Marathon & Half (WI)

The Paavo is a point-to-point marathon in Northern Iron County, Wisconsin, always the 2nd Saturday in August. The Paavo Nurmi Marathon runs on a certified course which is a Boston Marathon/NYC Marathon qualifying event. The weekend will also feature a half marathon, marathon RELAY and Twilight 5K Run/Walk.

The Paavo Nurmi Marathon is the longest running marathon in Wisconsin, and will feature tech-tops and sweet finisher medals for all marathon, half marathon and RELAY finishers. Food music and fun…ready?

The Paavo Nurmi Marathon is rich in history and community, and will once again be run on the course that made us famous, “finnishing” in downtown Hurley, Wisconsin.

NEW is the Twilight 5K Run/Walk, a family friendly run/walk to take place on Friday evening, during The Paavo Nurmi Marathon EXPO. Details coming where you can run the Twilight 5K AND marathon or half marathon on Saturday morning. Stay tuned!

Paavo Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the “Flying Finn” or the “Phantom Finn”, as he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between 1500 metres and 20 kilometres, and won nine gold and three silver medals in his 12 events in the Summer Olympic Games. At his peak, Nurmi was undefeated for 121 races at distances from 800m upwards. Throughout his 14-year career, he remained unbeaten in cross country events and the 10,000 metres.