Detroit Free Press Marathon

Next date not announced · last held Sat, Oct 17 Detroit, MI

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Your chances

Where would you finish?

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Finish times

From the 2026 results.

Distance	Finishers	Winner	Top 5%	Top 25%	Median
Half marathon	97	1:31:19	1:49:48	2:10:31	2:33:47
Marathon	11	1:12:46	1:28:41	1:54:17	2:06:57
5K	2,470	14:37	23:59	30:33	37:06
1 mile	1,212	4:18	6:45	9:10	10:43

Field strength

1 mileCompetitive

Faster up front than 67% of the 1 mile races we track, based on 4,261 finishers over 3 editions.

5KLocal

Faster up front than 33% of the 5K races we track, based on 6,969 finishers over 3 editions.

Half marathonCasual

Faster up front than 16% of the half marathon races we track, based on 32,978 finishers over 3 editions.

MarathonLocal

Faster up front than 33% of the marathon races we track, based on 11,950 finishers over 3 editions.

Finishers by year

Year	Half marathon	5K	Marathon	1 mile
2026	11,451	2,470	4,683	1,734
2025	10,781	2,312	3,586	1,363
2024	10,746	2,187	3,681	1,164
2023	10,221	1,725	3,083	686
2022	8,192	1,668	2,295	492
2021	5,161	1,287	1,977	314

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