Course Maps

Sunday, October 17, 2010

2009 Course Maps: As a reference, the 2009 course maps are available by clicking on the following links (the 2010 course is subject to change):

2009 Marathon Route – including course services (fluid stations, etc)
2009 Half Marathon Route
2009 5K Run/Walk – including course services

The Detroit Free Press Marathon course is relatively flat, with short-range exceptions for the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.

2009 Elevation Chart

Check out the new approach onto the Ambassador Bridge this year:

2009 Ambassador Bridge Approach

Gear Check

Gear Check service will be provided for the Marathon and Half Marathon ONLY. Runners must use the Gatorade® bag provided as a goodie bag for gear check. These bags will be marked and stored by race number. Your number bib includes a removable tag to be attached to your gear bag for this purpose. The Marathon will not be responsible for lost or stolen items, so PLEASE do not pack ANYTHING of value – especially car keys and/or wallets. Any bags left over will be donated to charity if not claimed within one week at the Marathon office. With a combined Start/Finish line, there will be no need to transport gear. You will be able to pick up your gear in the same location where you leave it before the races start. The Gear Check will be located in the DMP parking lot on the corner of Lafayette Blvd. and the Lodge Service Drive.

Fluid Stations

Water and Gatorade will be available at 19 stations along the Marathon Route – eight of them part of the Half Marathon route, and two for the 5K Fun Run, also. A GU Zone will located at the 15.9 mile point.

Spirit Stations set up around the course also provide encouragement, support and, in some cases, food & drinks. Numerous organizations and hundreds of spirited volunteers join in the effort to support over 17,000 participants.

For a list of the service groups providing fluids, click here.

Click here for Spirit Stations.

You may read about the new route in the following Turn-by-Turn documents:

    2009 Marathon Turn-by-Turn
    2009 Half Marathon Turn-by-Turn
    2009 5K Run/Walk Turn-by-Turn

Interactive maps, including the five relay legs, are available through the following links:

    2009 Interactive Marathon Route
    2009 Interactive Half Marathon Route
    2009 Interactive 5K Run/Walk
    2009 Interactive Relay Legs:
        Leg #1
        Leg #2
        Leg #3
        Leg #4
        Leg #5

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