IncredibleBank Hope Starts Here Challenge
About this race
The IncredibleBank - Hope Starts Here Challenge benefits the Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center (UMBTC), which is dedicated to supporting patients and families affected by brain cancer through treatment, research, education, and advocacy.
SAME LOCATION! What can we say? It's been a hit since 2022 so once again, we'll be back at the Superior Dome with a fully outdoor event on the Northeast side of the building near Lake Superior. This will be where all races start and end, and also where we'll have our awards ceremony and lunch.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! This year, Hope Starts Here will take place on Saturday, June 13th.
PRE-EVENT EXPO! Stop by IncredibleBank's Third Street location (1101 N. Third Street, Marquette) on Friday, June 12th anytime between 12:00 PM and 5:00 PM to say hi to our crew and pick up your t-shirt and bib. (Pickup will also be available at the main event on Saturday morning). While we do our best to make sure everyone gets their desired t-shirt size, please keep in mind that these are distributed as first come, first serve at the expo and on race day.
VIRTUAL OPTION: Unable to participate with us in person this year? No problem. Check out our virtual event option. Please share this option with your long distance friends. We love seeing photos of virtual HSH participants across the country! Virtual participants will receive an event t-shirt in the mail 2-4 weeks after the event.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Timed by our friends at Superior Timing. Participants are divided into divisions by gender and age, and awards are given to the top finisher in each division. All kids are winners in Molly's Mile and will receive a medal, with extra-special recognition for the top boy and girl finisher in each Molly's Mile age division! Each race registration includes an event t-shirt and lunch (the virtual option does not include lunch and is not timed or eligible for awards).
A BIG THANK YOU TO LAST YEAR'S SPONSORS!
Title Sponsor: IncredibleBank
Golden Sprocket Sponsors: Northern Michigan University; UP Health System - Marquette; TV6; Homeward
Silver Running Shoe Sponsors: UP Rehab Services; Upper Peninsula Health Plan; Subway; Craig Coccia, MD; Sonia Geschwindt, MD; Yooper Shirts; Peninsula Fiber Network; Media Brew; Advanced Center for Orthopedics & Plastic Surgery
Bronze Handle Bar Sponsors: Closner Construction; Norway Springs; Tadych's Marketplace Foods; Superior Timing; UP Rehab Medicine Associates; Double Trouble Entertainment; UP Home Health & Hospice; Carson Wealth; Body Pnch; Integra; Elizabeth Hogan, MD
Copper Challenge Sponsors: Great Northern Title & Abstract, Inc.; Just Believe; Vango's Pizza; Queen City Running Co.; Peninsula Pharmacy; Select Realty; Marquette County Title; Haleyrae.creative; OBGYN Associates of Marquette
Pick your distance
Running
31K Challenge
Event t-shirt and lunch included! Participants of the 31K challenge will complete the half marathon and 10k back to back!
10K Run
Event t-shirt and lunch included! The 10k run course starts on the northeast exterior of the Superior Dome, goes south for a quarter mile, reverses direction to enter the bike path and follows the bike path north to Presque Isle. Runners will turn left on Peter White Drive and run to the turn around point located near the black rocks parking lot and then follow the same route back to the Superior Dome. The course map can be viewed at this link: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/4945603702/
5K Run
Event t-shirt and lunch included! The 5k run course starts on the northeast exterior of the Superior Dome, goes south for a quarter mile, reverses direction to enter the bike path and follows the bike path north to the turn around point at the Dead River and then follows the same route back to the Superior Dome. The course map can be viewed at this link: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/4945593298/
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of historical conditions on this event's race dates in Marquette.
Course
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- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
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