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North America Marathons > USA > MI > Concord > Friends of the Falling Waters Trail - Wild Life MarathonFriends of the Falling Waters Trail - Wild Life Marathon
Concord, MI USA
October 4, 2015 - CANCELLED
Race Details
All events will start and finish at the Concord High School, Concord MI.
Kids Wild Dash - This fun run will be held on the Concord High School grounds, at 12:30 PM.
5K - This route will have runners and walkers alike enjoying village streets and a portion of the Falling Waters Trail. Run starts at 8:20 AM. Walk starts at 8:30 AM.
13.1 - Our Half-Marathon runners will enjoy a meandering through village streets and down the Falling Waters Trail just past Lime Lake and back. 13.1 starts at 8:10 AM.
26.2 - Marathon runners will experience a diverse route as they begin by running through the Village of Concord. They will continue down the Falling Waters Trail to Teft Rd. At Teft Rd., athletes will run a combination out-and-back and a loop that runs just over 16 miles of paved and gravel roads. 26.2 starts at 8:00 AM.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: 26.2, 13.1, and 5K routes are certified with USA Trak & Field. Some athletes who ran the 2010 Wild Life Marathon qualified and applied to run the Boston Marathon.
Contact Information
| Name: | Tim Payne | |
| Address: | Falling Waters Trail Run / Walk
P.O. Box 901 Jackson, MI 49204-0901 |
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| Phone Number: | 517-917-0670 | |
| Email: | Email the organizers | |
Runner Reviews (4)
Course 3.5 
Organization 4.0 
Spectators 2.3 |
P. L. from USA
(11/8/2014)
"Beautiful fall marathon, Great Value" (about: 2014)
6-10 previous marathons
| 2 Friends of the Falling Waters Trail - Wild Life Marathons
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 2 Course travels through tree lined path and roads, both paved and dirt. Great location and time of year to see the fall colors in southern Michigan. Many hills but none that are extremely challenging..., except for the last hill at mile +25 (painful)! No frills but still exceeded expectations. A real value with bargain rates for early registration. A Boston qualifier, great parking next to start/finish, nice cotton shirts, well manned water stops, GU on course, quick results, great age-group awards, lots of friendly runner, and plenty of food & drink at the finish. Race Director Tim Payne makes this event a real value and runner-friendly! Looking forward to running the Wild Life marathon or half next year! | |
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d. b. from near Lapeer, Michigan
(10/17/2010)
"Challenging, lonely course with few aid stations" (about: 2010)
1 previous marathon
| 1 Friends of the Falling Waters Trail - Wild Life Marathon
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 1 It was my 1st marathon so I'm not in the best position to judge... but others seemed to agree with me. There needed to be more aid stations, and at times when on the back roads, you get pretty lonely because there's no other runners in sight. Additionally, sometimes you could come to an intersection and not know for sure if you needed to turn or not. Most of the time they painted arrows on the road, but they missed it here and there. | |
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John Reed from Parma, MI
(10/12/2010)
"First-class, small, country marathon!" (about: 2010)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Friends of the Falling Waters Trail - Wild Life Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 3 I ran the half, but the course for the full is even better. Part of course (8 miles) is on flat, paved rail to trail, with the rest on rolling (yes, hills), scenic country roads. All of the frills of a big marathon without the cost or hassle. Bargain rates for early registration, or you can even register race day. Boston qualifier; close parking; great goody bags; nice, tech, long-sleeve shirts; well manned water stops; GU on course; nice, dated medals; quick results; great age-group awards (Run-Dri, vented hat with race logo), plenty of food and drink at the finish (PowerAde, bananas, big muffins, cookies, Panera bread, etc.). Digital images taken on the course were offered at bargain rates. Race Director Tim Payne makes this event totally runner-friendly! Can't wait to run the Wild Life next year! | |
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J. A. from Spring Arbor,MI
(10/11/2010)
"More aid stations needed" (about: 2010)
4-5 previous marathons
| 1 Friends of the Falling Waters Trail - Wild Life Marathon
COURSE: 3 ORGANIZATION: 3 FANS: 3 The course was challenging, with rolling hills on dirt roads for the middle miles. It would have been nice to have more aid stations out on the course. It was lonely at times during the marathon, with hardly any spectators on the marathon course, except for traffic control and at aid stations. More post-race food would be a good idea too; I think the half-marathon runners ate everything! I thought the race director did a good job with it this year. I can see this race getting bigger and bigger every year. Hard course to run your best time though. |
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