Decision summary
6:30:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Detroit Free Press Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Detroit Free Press Marathon is described as flat. The course listing puts the climb at 118 m.
The Detroit Free Press Marathon route starts at Fort Street and Second Avenue, Detroit and finishes at Woodward at Congress, south of Campus Martius, Detroit. Underfoot, expect road. It passes Ambassador Bridge, Windsor, Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Campus Martius and Eastern Market. International USA-Canada border crossing: into Canada over the Ambassador Bridge, back via the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
Gear check on Monroe Street at Campus Martius, 5:30am-2:30pm; only provided clear bags accepted. Detroit-Windsor Tunnel closes race morning ~6:15-10:30am. Wave starts at three-minute intervals from 7 a.m., grouped by projected pace. On Pace Race pace teams from 3:00 to 6:00 plus a sweeper.