There is a lot of waiting waiting for your leg to start, waiting for busses, and waiting for your runners to finish. The relay is fun because it’s more camaraderie and you have enough energy to cheer on other runners. Pay attention to them yelling the numbers of the runners coming in. There are 500 teams running so plan a head to device a system if you aren’t able to find the next relay runner. It is pretty hard to find people at the relay exchange areas. The relay reunion area is really nice but it gets congested fast!ĥ. It was fun to be able to cheer the 2nd runner coming in.Ĥ. This year I ran back from Canada and made it to the next relay exchange in about 30 minutes. I had a bad experience last year getting back from Canada and this year the other relay legs had trouble getting back due to traffic. Unfortunately, we are not able to sell any images from our coverage of this race. Photos by Tracey McCauley and Dave McCauley. 17, 2021 Photos from the 2021 Detroit Free Press Half & Marathon on Octoin Detroit, Michigan. If you have the energy I would not mess with the busses going back. 2021 Detroit Free Press Marathon by RunMichigan Staff, Oct. If possible run back instead of taking the bus back to the relay reunion. If you don’t want to mess with gear check you can always buy something from Goodwill/Salvation Army and leave it there.ģ. If you are legs 2-5 you will be waiting hours before you start. This year we got downtown and hour before the bus left and everything worked out well.Ģ. Last year we got there later and it was a bit stressful. There are busses that take legs 2, 4, and 5 to the relay exchange area and if you miss it you’re out of luck. Here are some things I would recommend to other runners running the Detroit Free Press Marathon Relay:ġ. I focused on good form and keeping the effort the same going up the bridge. I’m not sure why that is, maybe someone didn’t have their “D” tag on right? I timed myself at about 48 minutes for the 6.2. Unfortunately we did not get an official time for our relay team. The sun is rising while you run over the bridge and by the time you make it over you have already ran 4 miles!Īfter handing off in Canada I befriended a 1st leg relay member from another team, we walked it off for a half mile and then ran back through the tunnel (underwater mile) and dropped out at the 8 mile mark to head over to the relay exchange for the 2nd to 3rd legs. Even though the bridge is a killer hill it is my favorite part of the race. It started downtown Detroit on Fort Street, over the Ambassador Bridge and handed off to the 2nd relay leg in Windsor, Canada. Overall it was a great run and a record year of 27,000 runners! This is my 4th year running a Detroit Free Press Race and my 2nd year doing the Relay. with sunshine predicted, Detroit’s famed marathon is set to have perfect weather for the runners as well as for spectators cramming Woodward Avenue’s sidewalks along the course’s final ¼ mile.įollow along with us as we watch thousands cross the finish line by using #freepmarathon on social media.Today I did the Detroit Free Press Marathon Relay. With a temperature at the start around 40, heading for the upper 50s by 11 a.m. More than 18,000 people signed up for the many events, race executive director Barbara Bennage said. This weekend they’re better than ever - Saturday’s 5K, 1-mile race and Kids Fun Run, and Sunday’s 26.2-mile marathon, 13.1-mile international and domestic half marathons, and the 5-person marathon relay. See the finish line!Īfter canceling the in-person race in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Free Press brought all of its famous races back last year. Yet, when the familiar ends back in Detroit, racers will take in what planners call “the most dramatic changes since the event’s founding in 1978.” The course adds signature Detroit features: “Gilded Age” Woodbridge mansions, the arenas and theaters of District Detroit, historic Eastern Market, a former railroad link still called the Dequindre Cut, and a new finish line at the foot of downtown’s epicenter: Campus Martius. LIVE RESULTS: Check the times for 2022 Free Press marathon Watch Video: Even the sharks came out for the Detroit Free Press Marathon
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