Runners Flock to Fargo For Marathon

After months of hard work and training, runners flooded into Fargo today for the Fargo marathon...  More »

After months of hard work and training, runners flooded into Fargo today for the Fargo marathon... Many runners say with the friendly crowds and adrenaline rush... The fargo marathon is almost addicting. Reporter Trista Jetvig has more. ALAN: I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE RACE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE SO WE'RE BACK AGAIN. ITS BECOME A TRADITION NOW FOR ALAN HOPKINS OF Canada, SINCE THE FIRST YEAR OF THE MARATHON, IN 2005 HE GOT FIFTH PLACE HE CAME BACK IN 2006 AND GOT SIXTH AND IN 2007 PLACED 7TH. ALAN:.AND THIS YEAR IM NUMBER EIGHT SO MABEY WITH A BIT OF LUCH WE'LL COME IN 8TH PLACE. HOPKIN'S RUNS AT LEAST TWO MARATHONS A YEAR, TRAVELING EVERYWHERE FROM CHICAGO, LOS ANGELAS, TO GERMANY. BUT HE SAYS THE FARGO MARATHON IS THE PLACE TO BE. ALAN: IT RANKS RIGHT UP THERE WITH THEM ITS THAT GOOD OF A RACE IT REALLY IS. ALAN WAS ONE OF THE ESTIMATED 14 THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO TOOK TO THE STREET OF FARGO EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PODS OF PEOPLE SEEMED TO GO ON AND ON, AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STOOD ON STREET CORNERS WITH BELLS, SIGNS, AND LOUD CHEERS TO KEEP THE RUNNERS MOTIVATED. ALAN:THERES PEOPLE EVERYWHERE LOOKIN AFTER US AND ITS APPRECIATED. AND WITH THE THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS FROM ALL 50 STATES, CAME THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT REASONS AS TO WHY THEY DECIDED TO TAKE PART IN THE MARATHON. KAREN:THIS IS MY 57TH AND IM GOING TO BE 60 IN AUGUST MY GOAL IS TO DO 60 BY MY BIRTHDAY IN AUGUST. JODY:I REALLY WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD DO IT AND IM GOING TO GIVE IT A SHOT I GUESS. AND EVEN AFTER THE 26.2 MILES HOPKINS, AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER RUNNERS WERE STILL EXCITED AS EVER TO BE A PART OF THE WINDY RACE IN FARGO. Hopkin's finished tenth today in the marathon.  « Less