“It was a bit lonely,” said Corby, the marathon’s first winner from Michigan since 2016. “It’s rare to start a race when it’s this dark, but I train a lot in the dark.”Ĭorby, winner of the Glass City Marathon in Toledo in April, ran alone after the halfway point of the endurance test that began with temperatures in the mid-40s and ended in the bright sunshine on Fort Street, just across from the Anchor Bar. He also was inspired by the sunrise that came between the fifth and six miles. He thought of them when the pain got to him for “motivation” to keep striding.
He appreciated the support of his wife and two children in his efforts to train with sometimes as many as 115 miles per week. I’m 39 now, and this is my 10th marathon, and I’m really happy that this was here in Detroit. “It’s something that almost can’t be described,” Corby, who lives in Novi, said of winning. He often rises at 4:35 a.m., to run before going to work as a design engineer and manager in the automotive industry. He trained on the track at his school, admitting he had no idea of what would be effective.Ĭorby said his time was “3:54 or 3:56” back in 1998, but this year he shaved more than 90 minutes off that first effort. He was running track and field at Armada High, located about 45 miles north of Detroit, when Corby got the inclination to run his first Detroit Free Press Marathon. Ryan Corby, a Michigan State graduate from Novi, won the overall race and men’s portion in a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 3 seconds.īecca Addison, who ran for the University of Michigan and now works at Harvard, captured the women’s division in 2:51.08. The Spartans and Wolverines both came up big winners in this one, too. But the state’s largest celebration of distance running was back as part of one long street party through Motown.
The race took place virtually last year, and the entries were down from 26,000 in 2019. However, all had one thing in common: pure joy. They finished in different styles, drastically different times and with different stories of overcoming the odds of completing the 26.2- and 13.1-mile endurance tests Sunday morning. Some days you’re going to have a long run in cold rain, and that type of experience builds character.Īre you planning on running in any Detroit Free Press/TCF Bank events in 2020? As long as I'm healthy, I don't see why not.There were close to 14,000 entrants in the various Saturday and Sunday races connected to the headlining marathon. How many miles you run per week: Sixty-five to 80.įavorite workout running song: "Holy Diver" by Pat Boone.įavorite post run snack: Grilled cheese and tomato soup.īest piece of training advice: Embrace all of challenges life throws your way. I ran a couple of 10-miles races this fall and they went well," she said. "We were all just I was pretty excited about it because it was my first half-marathon race. She said she signed up along with some of her training mates. 20, and won the women's international half-marathon (1:18:12). How she fared in 2019: O'Neil participated in the Detroit marathon for the first time on Oct. Recently I moved to Grand Rapids to train with Gazelle Elite and be coached by Dathan Ritzenhein, who I’ve always looked up to as one of the best runners to come out of Michigan. I felt like graduation shouldn’t mean the end of my running career, as even in the final years of college I was still growing and learning a lot. My final year of college I was fortunate to be on (a Mid-American Conference champion). I went on to run at Central Michigan, where I hold records in the indoor mile and 5K. He ended up coaching cross-country, and I ended up being one of the top runners in the state. Your running story: I started running when I was very young to spend more time with my dad, who took up running as a way to lose weight and live a healthier life. How long you’ve been running: Twenty years.
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