That made it kind of an interesting challenge.
4.īurns will be a little bit more comfortable running in the heat in Qatar, compared to the chilly conditions Sunday.īurns, 25, said the most challenging part for him was out on Belle Isle. We talked about using this as a checkpoint."īurns and Ornelas will compete for Team USA at the 50K world championships in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. Zach is in incredible shape right now and we're both on the world championship team for the 50K. "He kept rolling and I kind of backed off a little bit," Burns said. Ornelas finished in 2:20:22 and Burns in 2:26:23. Geoffrey Burns finished second in the marathon, about six minutes behind his former U-M teammate Zachary Ornelas.īurns, from Traverse City, and Ornelas live in Ann Arbor and trained a bit together. And eat more than two meals (on Saturday)." "Probably not stand for five hours the day before," he said. Malik said there are several things he would do differently now that he had completed a marathon. "My voice went I'm surprised I have it today," he said. Malik said he wasn't going to miss that football game. He watched as the Wolverines lost to rival Michigan State in the final seconds. Malik said it probably didn't help that he stood for five hours Saturday as part of the student section at Michigan Stadium. U-M student Andrew Malik, 19, of Westland finished his first marathon in 3:11:46, a few minutes short of his goal of 3:05. Handcyclist Tom Davis wins again at Detroit marathonĮngland native Christopher Roche, who said he ran Detroit's marathon in 2003, ran his first half marathon since 2012 and finished in 1:42:54. Women's race: Russian Denisova wins 3rd Detroit marathon Spratling was among half a dozen Free Press staff who ran or walked a half marathon, and one columnist who ran a relay leg.Īnn Arbor's Zachary Ornelas, 24, wins Detroit marathon What made it extra special is that Spratling's daughter - Yemisi Odetoyinbo, 23, of Detroit - ran the same race, then jogged back onto the course to walk across the finish line with her mom.
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"Seize the day" was the theme for a series of stories this year by Free Press features writer Cassandra Spratling, as she checked off one bucket-list goal after another in this, her year of being 60 years young.Īnd "Seize the Days" was listed on Spratling's race bib as she notched success Sunday for her latest objective: to walk and jog the international half marathon.
They ran across the finish line holding hands and looking as exuberant as schoolgirls -which is just what they were when they graduated in 1980 and '81 from Detroit's defunct Dominican High School. "I got a lot of comments, like, 'Hey, he's in the house.' It's fun," Boyes said. He had "The King" listed as his bib name. "I like getting people hyped up," said Boyes, a lawyer who grew up in Northville and finished in 3:35:05. "I saw Captain America and Ironman," said Brian Boyes, 32, of Fort Collins, Colo., after finishing the marathon dressed as Elvis in a white jumpsuit, giant sunglasses and neon-blue running shoes - in homage to Presley's hit "Blue Suede Shoes."
In every Free Press/Talmer Bank Marathon, a zany few participants dress up and give others something to ogle and chat about. "We hugged and everybody had signs, 'Say yes,' " Nowaczewski said, "and that's when I did it." At the finish line, a race volunteer was prepped to "swing her over to me," her fiancé said. "So I lined up the songs and as she got near the finish line, it was Bruno Mars' 'Marry You.' And I had songs we talked about that we'd have someday at our wedding."īy Mile 11, Johnson was feeling more than just a groove. As in, why not propose marriage to Johnson, 28, of Sterling Heights. "I said, 'She's going to be downtown with her family and she loves Detroit, so why not?' " he recalled. Beforehand, her boyfriend mulled the possibilities, privately. Before the international half, Jeana Johnson asked her boyfriend to make a playlist for her iTunes pleasure during the race.īut, mile after mile, the songs she heard more and more gave Johnson big hints that Nick Nowaczewski, 29, of Shelby Township could have something big planned at the finish line.