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Jeff Denny

Minnesota distance runner who appeared on MPR News' Climate Cast to discuss how warming temperatures are pushing the Twin Cities Marathon to a later October date.

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PODCASTS

Sep 29, 2026

Climate change is reshaping marathon season in Minnesota

Sep 29 · 5m

Sven SundgaardCORRESPONDENT

2:51

Being a distance runner in Minnesota, Denny knows you've gotta be ready for the extremes.

Jeff DennyGUEST

2:56

2007 was the year that they, it went the same day as Chicago Marathon.

Jeff DennyGUEST

3:00

Chicago got shut down because of it, and we started it, it was 75 degrees and humid at the start, and it got hotter and hotter.

Jeff DennyGUEST

3:07

And we made it through the race, but it was a tough day on the, on the racecourse.

Sven SundgaardCORRESPONDENT

4:17

Denny made it to the finish line in around four hours.

Jeff DennyGUEST

4:19

Well, I remember one vividly.

Jeff DennyGUEST

4:21

I was at the halfway point, and I thought...

Jeff DennyGUEST

4:23

I looked around and said, "Dang, I don't know anybody.