Detroit Free Press Marathon

The Detroit Free Press/ TCF Bank Marathon is a 42.195-kilometre (26.219 mi) race run every October in Detroit, Michigan, United States and Windsor, Ontario, Canada since 1978. The predecessor to this race was the Motor City Marathon which started in 1963 and featured multiple laps on Belle Isle. The marathon course is international and has featured the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel for all but two years of its existence. From 1978 to 1998 the race started in Windsor and finished in Detroit. The current course crosses the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel between Detroit and Windsor. Due to its use of the tunnel, the race is able to boast that it has the only official underwater international mile in the world, as the tunnel runs underneath the Detroit River. The race is a USATF-certified, Boston-qualifier course.[1]

Detroit Free Press Marathon
Date3rd Sunday in October
LocationDetroit, Michigan, United States and Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Event typeroad
DistanceMarathon
Established1978
Course recordsMale: 2:13:07 (Greg Meyer, 1980)
Female: 2:34:16 (Elena Orlova, 2004)
Official sitewww.freepmarathon.com

Apart from the main event, there is also a half-marathon, a relay and a 5 km fun run.

2009's field was a record 19,326 runners who participated.[2]

Winners
DateTimeMen's winnerTimeWomen's winner
19782:17:37 Robert McOmber (USA)2:55:51 Erma Tranter (USA)
19792:15:42 Gordon Minty (GBR)2:44:29 Karen Blackford (USA)
19802:13:07 Greg Meyer (USA)2:49:17 Debbie Froehlich (USA)
19812:15:47 Mike McGuire (USA)2:48:40 Maureen Griffiths (CAN)
19822:17:41 David Hinz (USA)2:45:05 Karen Blackford (USA)
19832:16:10 David Olds (USA)2:46:22 Cindy Keeler (USA)
19842:23:40 Loren Bandt (USA)2:43:00 Karen Blackford (USA)
19852:23:58 Tim Fox (USA)2:51:49 Elizabeth Watch (USA)
19862:17:24 Ahmed Mohamed Ismail (SOM)2:47:56 Pat Wassik-Hinson (USA)
19872:18:03 Doug Kurtis (USA)2:47:25 Christine Iwahashi (USA)
19882:20:14 Doug Kurtis (USA)2:41:49 Ella Willis (USA)
19892:17:24 Doug Kurtis (USA)2:38:22 Ella Willis (USA)
19902:19:36 Doug Kurtis (USA)2:44:56 Barbara Remmers (USA)
19912:18:36 Doug Kurtis (USA)2:42:49 Ella Willis (USA)
19922:19:25 Doug Kurtis (USA)2:45:21 Karen Blackford (USA)
19932:19:53 Peter Maher (CAN)2:43:07 Amy Manson (USA)
19942:21:24 Donald Johns (USA)2:34:55 May Allison (CAN)
19952:18:11 Michael McGowan (CAN)2:38:36 Ann Boyd (USA)
19962:20:50 Michael Dudley (USA)2:43:36 Cindy Keeler (USA)
19972:15:50 Brad Hudson (USA)2:39:59 Lyubov Klochko (UKR)
19982:18:51 Zithulele Sinqe (RSA)2:45:06 Tatyana Maslova (RUS)
19992:18:27 Fred Kieser (USA)2:43:58 Irina Khramova (RUS)
20002:24:47 Joseph Maina (KEN)2:54:30 Lisa Veneziano (USA)
20012:17:49 Jacom Kirwa (KEN)2:52:16 Lupe Hegan (USA)
20022:19:14 John Kariuki (KEN)2:43:22 Angela Strange (CAN)
20032:19:27 Hilary Lelei (KEN)2:46:59 Elvira Kolpakova (RUS)
20042:19:15 Joseph Ndirtu (KEN)2:34:16 Yelena Sidorchenkova Orlova (RUS)
20052:14:59 Andrey Gordayev (BLR)2:40:46 Wioletta Kryza (POL)
20062:18:22 Josephat Ongeri (KEN)2:41:26 Yelena Sidorchenkova Orlova (RUS)
20072:15:15 Christopher Toroitich (KEN)2:34:50 Anzhelika Averkova (UKR)
20082:16:44 David Ngeny Cheruiyot (KEN)2:40:17 Tatyana Belovol (UKR)
20092:20:24 Nicholas Stanko (USA)2:57:10 Sarah Plaxton (USA)
20102:28:30 Jordan Desilets (USA)2:52:14 Paula Keating (CAN)
20112:28:22 Derek Nakluski (CAN)2:44:09 Wioletta Kryza (POL)
20122:25:26 Vyacheslav Shabunin (RUS)2:46:33 Lyubov Denisova (RUS)
20132:20:11 Zachary Ornelas (USA)2:44:53 Lyubov Denisova (RUS)
20142:24:54 Michael Andersen (USA)2:45:52 Courtney Brewis (USA)
20152:20:21 Zachary Ornelas (USA)2:41:35 Lyubov Denisova (RUS)
20162:19:20 Alan Peterson (USA)2:43:54 Lyudmila Korchagina (CAN)
20172:22:53 Johnathan Mott (USA)2:49:53 Valentyna Poltavska (RUS)
20182:20:59 Christopher Chipsiya (KEN)2:47:24 Lyudmila Korchagina (CAN)
20192:18:59 Christopher Chipsiya (KEN)2:39:20 Joan Massah (KEN)

References
  1. "Archived copy". October 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-10-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Eric Sharp (October 19, 2009). "Detroit marathon a joyous, sobering race". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2020.


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