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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. After each marathon Stan Connelly and his daughter MaryJane Hatton would compile a booklet entitled, “We’re All Winners” of every runner and their times. The marathon course is international and has featured the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel for all but two years of its existence. The current course crosses the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel between Detroit and Windsor. Due to its use of the tunnel, the race is able to boast that it has the only official underwater international mile in the world, as the tunnel runs underneath the Detroit River. The race is a USATF-certified, Boston-qualifier course. Wikipedia
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Sydney Devore-Bowman ran the 26.2-mile course in 2:42:44 to win the 47th Detroit Free Press Marathon women's race. Her husband Andy Bowman won men's race.
Andrew Bowman ran the 26.2-mile course in 2:17:47 to win the Detroit Free Press Marathon men's division. His wife made the race a family sweep.
The 47th annual Detroit Free Press Marathon presented by MSU Federal Credit Union was both triumphant and tragic, with thousands of runners racing.
It was day of athletic triumph fueled by crowd encouragement, dampened by tragedy with the death of a runner who collapsed near the fifth mile.
The annual kickoff event for the Detroit Free Press Marathon is competing against a political rally for former President Donald Trump, which could cause traffic issues for Friday commuters.
Organizers expect more than 26,000 to join in race, open waiting list.
The 2024 Detroit Free Press Marathon sold out over the weekend with just less than three months before the race steps off.
The Detroit Free Press Marathon is extending its partnership with MSU Federal Credit Union for another three years.
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