How to Create a Cheer Zone
Step 1: Gather
Gather family, friends, or co-workers.
Step 2: Choose
Choose an approved spot for your cheer zone along the route of the Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America®.
Step 3: Cheer
Think of a unique ways – sights, sounds, signs, etc. -- to motivate
and support thousands of appreciative runners striding by.
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2024 DAPCC Cheer Zones
Mission Mile
The TCM Charity Program consists of over 40 nonprofit organizations who recruit team members to run the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon & Medtronic TC 10 Mile in support of their cause. All charity partners are invited to host an on-course cheer zone located in the Mission Mile, which celebrates the variety of causes represented by the program.
The Mission Mile is located at Oaks Park in Minneapolis, near the 20-mile mark of the marathon course and the 4-mile mark of the 10-mile course.
Diane & Alan Page Community Cheer Challenge
Twin Cities In Motion and Vikings Hall of Famer and former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page launched the Diane & Alan Page Community Cheer Challenge in 2022.
The Cheer Challenge invites Minnesotans to assemble along the Marathon Weekend courses to support runners and gather as a community, just like Justice Page and his late wife Diane did for decades.
Bonus: Top cheer zones can win prizes for nonprofits of their choice! All groups participating in the DAPCCC will receive a coffee gift card and banner to display at their cheer zone.
Interested in Cheering?
To be included as an official cheer zone with the option to join the 2025 Diane and Alan Page Community Cheer Challenge, AND for the chance win a donation to a charity of your choice, groups will apply here.
Applications will open in summer 2025.
Diane and Alan Page Community Cheer Challenge
On the day when it seems like half of Minnesota is running the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, we invite the other half to cheer them on!
Congratulations to the 2024 Diane and Alan Page Community Cheer Challenge Winner:
City Running!
