Fresh off top 10 finishes at this year’s Boston Marathon and London Marathon, Fesemyer returns to Duluth this summer as the defending champion in the women’s wheelchair division. 

Having raced to a 1:47:20 finish last year, Fesemyer broke the tape for the first time at Grandma’s Marathon and will try this year to become the sixth woman to have two or more wheelchair titles in Duluth.

She speaks on why the excitement and energy of Duluth makes Grandma's Marathon her favorite event as well as her Illinois racing team, which includes four-time women's wheelchair champion Susannah Scaroni.