Sat, Aug 1, 2026
Detroit, MI
This one-mile event runs along the Detroit Riverfront Walk, right along the water. The route is short and flat, which means the crowd at the start tends to be a wide mix of ages, from kids to older adults out for a morning on the river.
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Join a local run club. WERUN313, Detroit Downtown Runners and Walkers, RUNdetroit and others in Detroit welcome runners of all paces, and a weekly group run is the most reliable way to hold a training block together.
