October 17, 2018

Running Detroit this weekend? Get all the race details here.

It’s a big week for fall racing in Michigan with this Sunday marking the 41st running of the Detroit Free […]

October 11, 2018

If Not Now, When? Thoughts on Getting Out of a Rut + Asking What’s Next?

When was the last time you tried something different with your exercise routine, when you decided it was time to […]

October 5, 2018

Behind the Scenes of Next Summer’s IRONMAN 70.3 Traverse City

Next summer, on Aug. 25, Michigan will get its second IRONMAN 70.3 – behind IRONMAN 70.3 Steelhead in Benton Harbor, […]

September 14, 2018

Don Kern (324 marathons & counting!) on next month’s Grand Rapids Marathon & Half Marathon

At age 62, west Michigan runner and race director Don Kern is going strong—he’s running marathons (the East Canyon Marathon […]

August 14, 2018

Keep Moving with Magical Mocha Energy Bites

By Ali Lopez MRG Contributor Can you believe it is mid-August already? Summer is just speeding by too quickly. I […]

June 19, 2018

WANNABE’s Sara Grey Talks Tenacity and Resilience

Lifelong athlete and former collegiate volleyball player Sara Grey unexpectedly became a mother at a young age, in her 20s […]

June 18, 2018

Down 40 pounds and Heading Toward Half Marathons

Danny Wright discovered triathlons and marathons in his 20s, tackling both while serving in the U.S. Navy during his 20s. […]

June 6, 2018

Emma’s First 26.2: Bayshore Marathon Race Recap

When Emma told me last fall that she wanted to run this spring’s Bayshore Marathon, that she felt ready after a […]

May 30, 2018

Tri Goddess Tri Celebrates 10 years

Ann Arbor-based race management company Epic Races is known for putting on, well, pretty epic races. From its flagship event […]

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