Marathon 49 in 50 of the #50in50: MI (10/20/2019)

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  1. NEW YORK 11/4/18: @nycmarathon

  2. NEVADA 11/11/18: @runrocknroll Vegas

  3. PENNSYLVANIA 11/18/18: @Philly_Marathon

  4. WASHINGTON 11/25/18: @seattlemarathon

  5. TENNESSEE 12/1/18: @stjude Memphis

  6. ALABAMA 12/8/18: @irunrocketcity

  7. FLORIDA 1/13/19: @rundisney #wdwmarathon

  8. LOUISIANA 1/20/19: @thelamarathon

  9. MISSISSIPPI 1/26/19: Mississippi blues Marathon

  10. ARIZONA 2/9/19: Mesa-Phoenix Marathon @phxmarathon

  11. TEXAS 2/17/19: Austin marathon @austinmarathon

  12. MASSACHUSETTS 2/24/19: Hyannis Marathon @hyannismarathon

  13. SOUTH CAROLINA 3/2/19: Myrtle Beach marathon @runmbm

  14. ARKANSAS 3/3/19: Little Rock marathon @lrmarathon

  15. NORTH CAROLINA 3/9/19: Wrightsville Beach marathon @wbmarathon

  16. GEORGIA 3/17/19: Publix Atlanta marathon @atlantatrackclub

  17. NEW MEXICO 3/21/19: Dust Bowl Series - New Mexico

  18. OKLAHOMA 3/22/19: Dust Bowl Series - Oklahoma

  19. KANSAS 3/24/19: Chisholm Trail marathon @chisholmtrail44

  20. MISSOURI 4/7/19: Go! St Louis marathon @gostlouis

  21. KENTUCKY 4/27/19: Kentucky Derby marathon @kyderbyfestival

  22. NEW JERSEY 4/28/19: New Jersey marathon @njmarathon

  23. OHIO 5/5/19: Flying Pig marathon @runflyingpig

  24. NORTH DAKOTA 5/18/19: Fargo marathon @fargo.marathon

  25. COLORADO 5/19/19: Denver Colfax marathon @runcolfax

  26. VERMONT 5/26/2019: Vermont City marathon @runvermont

  27. UTAH 6/1/2019: Utah Valley marathon @runutahvalley

  28. DELAWARE 6/18/2019: Mainly marathons - Independence Series - Bear DE

  29. MARYLAND 6/19/2019: Mainly marathons - Independence Series - Elkton MD

  30. ALASKA 6/22/2019: Anchorage Mayor’s marathon @anc_marathon

  31. HAWAII 6/30/2019: Kona marathon @konamarathon

  32. IOWA 7/11/2019: Mainly marathons - Heartland series - Clinton IA

  33. WISCONSIN 7/12/2019: Mainly marathons - Heartland series - Sparta WI

  34. MINNESOTA 7/13/2019: Mainly Marathons - Heartland series - St Cloud MN

  35. RHODE ISLAND 7/21/2019: Violet State marathon

  36. CALIFORNIA 7/28/2019: San Francisco marathon

  37. NEBRASKA 8/20/2019: Mainly marathons - Center of the Nation series - Chadron, NE

  38. WYOMING 8/21/2019: Mainly marathons - Center of the Nation series - Sundance, WY

  39. SOUTH DAKOTA 8/22/2019: Mainly marathons - Center of the Nation series - Belle Fourche, SD

  40. IDAHO 8/31/2019: Pocatello marathon - Pocatello, ID

  41. OREGON 9/21/2019: Pacific Northwest marathon - Eugene, OR

  42. MONTANA 9/22/2019: Foy’s to Blacktrail marathon - Kalispell, MT

  43. INDIANA 9/28/2019: Mill Race marathon - Columbus, IN

  44. WEST VIRGINIA 9/30/2019: Eastern Panhandle marathon - Martinsburg, WV

  45. NEW HAMPSHIRE 10/5/2019: New Hampshire marathon - Bristol, NH

  46. MAINE 10/6/2019: Maine marathon - Portland, ME

  47. CONNECTICUT 10/12/2019: Hartford marathon - Hartford, CT

  48. ILLINOIS 10/13/2019: Chicago marathon - Chicago, IL

  49. MICHIGAN 10/20/2019: Detroit Free Press marathon - Detroit, MI

We flew into Detroit and stayed with my friends Krystle and Steve. Gwen sang with Krystle in bands when they lived in San Francisco.

I picked up my bib from the expo, wearing my new New Balance gear that I got from the NB Pizza Contest a few days earlier (that I won against a team of 3 from Barstool Sports!). I customized the bib with ‘For Gwen’.

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I got up early and headed to the start. This course is really unique in that runners cross the Canadian border into Windsor over a bridge.

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And then back into the U.S. through a tunnel. It’s pretty magical. There’s no other race I’ve run like Detroit.

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I saw my friends several times along the route and at the finish line.

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We went to go see the Heidelberg Project art installation. It’s pretty wild and a must see if you go to Detroit.

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Overall, the Detroit Marathon is one of a kind and should be your top choice if looking for a Michigan marathon.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD GWENEVIERE’S ALBUM

She was excited about releasing an album that she had just finished, but she passed before she could realize that dream, so we released her album so that we could fulfill that dream for her. Buy & listen to the album here.