15th NorthShore Inline Marathon rolls out Saturday  Inline
skates/Wikimedia Inline skates/Wikimedia  The NorthShore Inline
Marathon turns 15 as skaters take up their positions for a 26.2
mile race along the big lake. So, if you’re out on the North
Shore Drive looking for the beginnings of fall colors you’ll be
joined by lots of speedy skaters trying to break the one-hour
time goal. The race starts south of Two Harbors and follows the
North Shore Drive and I-35 to the William A. Irvine docked off
Harbor Drive at Duluth’s waterfront. The marathon starts at 7:30
a.m., the shorter run starts at 6:45 a.m. Approximately 3,000
entrants are expected for this Saturday’s marathon -- 2,600 of
them will run the full marathon and the remaining 400 will
compete in the accompanying half-marathon. The numbers are down
slightly from last year. Organizers said the NorthShore was the
first inline marathon in the country, caught the imagination of
skaters and became the largest outdoor skate race in the United
States at any dist