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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Sleeping Bear Marathon Saturday

Ready, set, run ... through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The Sleeping Bear Marathon hosted by Race Day Events, based in Wisconsin, takes over the Heritage Trail and Empire for most of the day Saturday.
Runners start the Sleeping Bear Marathon at Empire Beach that weaves throughout the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for most of the day Saturday starting at 7:30 a.m. Photo courtesy of Focal Flame Photography

Ready, set, run ... through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The Sleeping Bear Marathon hosted by Race Day Events, based in Wisconsin, takes over the Heritage Trail and Empire for most of the day Saturday.

The notoriously hilly and outand- back marathon traverses 26.2 miles from Empire Beach, heading north up and down hills past Pierce Stocking Drive, the Dune Climb, and Glen Haven, trucking past Glen Arbor, before turning around and heading back.

Trees will have some color for the fall race and weather is expected to be in the high 60s and sunny.

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