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

By Yasir Salem · · 3 min read

From the archive. First published on the old yasirsalem.com blog.

  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’.

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.

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

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

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

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. 

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