September 6, 2017

Growing up in a running family, training for half marathons & the power of pushing past 2.66 miles

With fall race season upon us  (yay for cooler weather!), it’s a good time to look ahead—and glance back, just […]

August 23, 2017

Join MRG on the Detroit River for the Strength, Heart & Sole Dinner Cruise Sept. 16

In a little over three weeks, I’ll be heading to Detroit for the fifth annual American Home Fitness Detroit Women’s Half Marathon, […]

August 8, 2017

Julie Millen on running for others, logging 100 miles during Detroit Free Press Marathon & Half Marathon weekend this October

This October, during Detroit Free Press Marathon weekend Oct. 14-15, ultra runner and mom of five Julie Millen will take […]

December 6, 2016

Episode #72: 2017 Race Preview with Epic Races’ Eva Solomon

You may know of Epic Races, the Ann Arbor-based race management company, for their well-known Detroit Women’s Half Marathon, 10K […]

September 2, 2016

‘Celebrity Goddess’ Fitz Koehler on Taking Care of Ourselves as Race Day Nears

The final days leading up to a big race can include a mixture of emotional highs and lows. Mostly, we’re excited, especially […]

December 28, 2015

Episode #21: Talking GPS Watches with Justin Craig of RUNDetroit

Runner Justin Craig joins Heather on this episode about running in the D and how his running specialty store — […]

October 26, 2015

No Regrets: Thoughts on ‘chasing a sub-3 hour’ finish at the Detroit Free Press International Half Marathon

By Heather Quinlan MRG Contributor Writing can be tricky. Running can be tricky. And writing about running can be even […]

June 25, 2015

Race Insider: 2015 Escape to Belle Isle 10K & 5K in Detroit

When Jenna Greenman decided to start her own Michigan event for runners and their families, she brought to this new race director role […]

June 19, 2014

Race Preview (and new partnership!): 2nd annual Detroit Women’s Half Marathon & 5K

It’s been six years since I’ve run in Detroit — I ran the Detroit Free Press Half Marathon in ’08, my second half […]

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