Category: Races
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Weekly Wanderings: May 25, 2025
In the Michigan running community, Memorial Day weekend means one thing: Bayshore. It’s a shorthand, an in-the-know reference to the start-of-summer event officially called “Traverse City Track Club Bayshore™️ Presented by Munson Healthcare.” There’s a full marathon, a half marathon, and a 10K, and all three usually sell out. This year, that meant a total…
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Weekly Wanderings: January 20, 2025
A raw wind swept down Baton Rouge’s North 4th Street, threatening to wrench the baseball cap off my head as I waited with 3,500 other people for the Louisiana Marathon to get underway. Wearing ankle-length leggings, a tank top, and a long-sleeved t-shirt, I wished I had brought gloves and a knit hat with me…
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Out With the Old, In With the New
Happy New Year! I decided to ring in 2025 by signing up for a New Year’s 5K duo: Out With the Old (December 31) and In With the New (January 1). The course loops around Bloomer Park in Rochester, MI; the first day’s race goes counter-clockwise, the next one clockwise. While it was cold both…
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 