Grand Rapids Marathon

The Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon Logo

Date| October 18, 2020
Location| Western Michigan, ending in Grand Rapids
Event type| Road
Distance| Marathon
Established| 2004
Official site| grandrapidsmarathon.com
A participant in 2006

The Metro Health/Grand Rapids Marathon is a 26.219-mile (42.195 km) race run every October in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA since 2004. It is a USATF certified course.[1] The Grand Rapids Marathon picked up Metro Health as a title sponsor in 2008. The full marathon gives runners a tour of downtown Grand Rapids and then heads out of the city and into the trails of Millennium Park. It is considered a flat, fast course and is a qualifying opportunity for the Boston Marathon.[1]

The race director is Don Kern.[2]

The marathon utilizes "celebrity" pace teams, based on the times of famous people who had run marathons. The current pace teams include Oprah Winfrey (4:29), P. Diddy (4:14), Will Ferrell (3:56), George W. Bush (3:44), William Baldwin (3:24), and Pi (3:14).

Apart from the main event, there is also a kids marathon, 5K, 10K, half-marathon, marathon relay and fitness expo.

The course record of 2:26.41 was set by David Mart (Zeeland, Michigan) in 2013.[3]

The 2017 overall winner was Mike Camilleri (Howell, Michigan) with a time of 2:34:40. The 2017 female winner was Sara Sandborn (Sunfield, Michigan), who achieved a time of 2:58:03. Also in 2017, Tod Buckingham (Okemos, Michigan) won the half-marathon with a time of 1:13:29, and Lauren MacVicar (Kalamazoo, Michigan) was the female winner with 1:25:51.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b Kern, Don. "GRMarathonFAQ". Retrieved 19 June 2012.
2. ^ Kern, Don. "GRMarathonCommittee". Retrieved 19 June 2012.
3. ^ a b "Active Results". Retrieved 2013-10-29.

## External links

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* Official website
* https://www.arrs.run/HP_GRpdMa.htm