Description:

Run a beautiful single track route from Cross Village to Mackinaw City in northern Michigan. The 50K and marathon start at Wycamp Lake and wind up and along the Sturgeon Bay bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan.  50K runners enjoy a 5 mile section of the gorgeous Sturgeon Bay Trail, before returning to the marathon course.  Runners then descend into wildflower blanketed lowlands before arriving at Goose Pond. This is the  the start of the Half Marathon. The next six miles feature pine needle carpeted trail through rolling forest. The trail opens up as it reaches French Farm Lake, a sandy bottomed wilderness lake with towering pines along the shore. Several miles of the route follow its shoreline before runners enter a cedar forest for 2 miles. The last 3 miles feature a converted rail trail that is flat and smooth. Runners finish at the Mackinaw City School athletic grounds. Post race foods include organic baked goods, fruit and locally grown cherry juice.