2021 - Sleeping Bear Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K
2021 distances
Running
Full Marathon
Half Marathon
5K
Virtual Full Marathon
Wanna run on a Tuesday at noon? No problem. Weather outlook looking better for Friday evening? Go run! Run the race course any time you want in the two weeks leading up to the event and submit your time to be entered in the official virtual results. The best part is that you still get to come join the post race fun on race day! You're invited to come cheer on other runners and celebrate your finish with everyone on race morning. If you join us on race day you can pick up your shirt and finisher medal there, otherwise we'll mail those out to you after the race. This is a great way to be a part of the race and make it fit with your schedule.
Virtual Half Marathon
Can't make it to join us on race day, but still want to be a part of the event? We've added a new virtual race option for you. Wanna run on a Tuesday at noon? No problem. Weather outlook looking better for Friday evening? Go run! Run the race course any time you want in the two weeks leading up to the event and submit your time to be entered in the official virtual results. The best part is that you still get to come join the post race fun on race day! You're invited to come cheer on other runners and celebrate your finish with everyone on race morning. If you join us on race day you can pick up your shirt and finisher medal there, otherwise we'll mail those out to you after the race. This is a great way to be a part of the race and make it fit with your schedule.
Virtual 5K
Can't make it to join us on race day, but still want to be a part of the event? We've added a new virtual race option for you. Wanna run on a Tuesday at noon? No problem. Weather outlook looking better for Friday evening? Go run! Run the race course any time you want in the two weeks leading up to the event and submit your time to be entered in the official virtual results. The best part is that you still get to come join the post race fun on race day! You're invited to come cheer on other runners and celebrate your finish with everyone on race morning. If you join us on race day you can pick up your shirt there, otherwise we'll mail it out to you after the race. This is a great way to be a part of the race and make it fit with your schedule.
Race date Weather
Conditions on October 2, 2021 — historical Open-Meteo data.
About Empire
Sleeping Bear Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K takes place in Empire, Michigan, United States. The local timezone is America/Detroit.
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