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This Sunday morning, thousands of runners will gather at the Metrodome for the annual Twin Cities Marathon. When the event started 25 years ago, there was no Metrodome.

Ron Finger remembers that first race...in fact he remembers every Twin Cities Marathon. The retired school teacher from Apple Valley is one of only 66 people to have run the marathon each of the last 24 years.

Ron will run again on Sunday. In preparation for the race, I asked him to take us to some of his favorite spots along the marathon route. Minnesota Public Radio We met at the north tip of Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis, where runners will arrive about three miles into the race.