FARGO — What seemed like just another request for comment on the Fargo Marathon last week to Ventures Endurance, the company that owns the event, drew a response that had me thinking of one thing: I wish Mark Knutson was still running the show.

To backtrack, the director of the marathon the last two years, Chip Hazewski, resigned to take another position with the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Great, good for him. He seemed like a nice guy who did his best under what I’m guessing were some corporate guidelines he had to follow.

Mainly: how much more money can we put on the truck to corporate headquarters? Anyway, I sent an email to Ventures Endurance requesting to talk to somebody to comment on the change in leadership. My guess is runners in the area and the hundreds, if not thousands, of p

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