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The Detroit Free Press Marathon is a 42.195-kilometre (26.219 mi) race run every third Sunday in October in Detroit, Michigan, United States, and Windsor, Ontario, Canada, since 1978. Major General Stan Connelly and Jerry Coyle organized the first international marathon. MaryJane Hatton recorded the times as the runners crossed the finish line.
The Ann Arbor resident is a two-time Detroit Free Press Marathon winner — in 2013 and 2015 — and is a top-30 finisher at the Boston Marathon three times. "Winning Detroit allowed my marathon ...
The 2024 Detroit Free Press Marathon weekend is scheduled for Oct. 18-20. Contact Miriam Marini: mmarini@freepress.com. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit marathon is ...
Kurtis was also a top finisher at many world major marathons, including the 1992 Boston Marathon and the 1984 and 1989 Chicago Marathons. As of 2013, Kurtis had run more than 200 sub-3 marathons. Kurtis was also the former race director of the Detroit Free Press Marathon and The Detroit Turkey Trot Races.
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primarily serves Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Monroe counties.
More than 19,000 people took part in the weekend races, which crossed over to Windsor for the first time since 2019.
The Detroit Free Press Marathon, presented by MSUFCU, is scheduled to take place on Oct. 18-20, also offering a half-marathon, 5K, 1-mile run, kids' marathon, and more in addition to the grand ...
The marathon (from Greek Μαραθώνιος) is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 km (26 mi 385 yd), [1] usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions.