the overGRound marathon/relay
- Date Sun 3rd November 2024
- Location Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Price Free
- Races 3 races
Last chance to enter
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Event summary
Get ready for an exciting day of community spirit and fitness at the overGRound Marathon and Relay on Sunday, November 3rd, 2024! This free, unsanctioned event will take place in the vibrant city of Grand Rapids, Kent, starting and ending at Veterans Memorial Park at 8 AM. The marathon showcases a carefully designed route that highlights the diverse neighborhoods and stunning cityscapes of Grand Rapids, providing a unique running experience that goes beyond the ordinary.
Participants can choose to tackle the full marathon or join in the fun of the marathon relay, where team configurations are flexible and distances can be customized. The event is all about inclusivity, welcoming runners of all paces, and creating a supportive atmosphere for everyone involved. With cheering sections along the route and friendly volunteers helping out, the overGRound promises to be a memorable celebration of community and fitness. Don’t miss this chance to join fellow runners, cheer on your friends, and experience the joy of running together in the heart of Grand Rapids!
Participants can choose to tackle the full marathon or join in the fun of the marathon relay, where team configurations are flexible and distances can be customized. The event is all about inclusivity, welcoming runners of all paces, and creating a supportive atmosphere for everyone involved. With cheering sections along the route and friendly volunteers helping out, the overGRound promises to be a memorable celebration of community and fitness. Don’t miss this chance to join fellow runners, cheer on your friends, and experience the joy of running together in the heart of Grand Rapids!
Organiser's Description
The overGRound is a new, free, unsanctioned marathon and marathon relay through the city of Grand Rapids whose route showcases the variety of GRs features and neighborhoods (beyond Butterworth and Millennium). This is an inclusive, supportive, and free running event celebrating community and a grassroots, no frills spirit of running and free fitness. Initiated by members of November Project Grand Rapids and Lyon Street Run Club, it is a co-hosted event featuring the many wonderful running and fitness communities of Grand Rapids. Together, participating clubs can invite people out to run, cheer, and support runners on the course. The public is warmly welcomed to participate.
The overGRound will be held November 3rd, 2024 at 8am, starting and ending at Veterans Memorial Park (updated from Rosa Parks Circle due to closed restrooms at Rosa!). The carefully designed route [https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6029318128] passes the many coffee shops that host Lyon Street Run Club, a variety of neighborhoods, cityscapes, and parks, and end passing by November Project Grand Rapids home of Lyon and Bostwick before returning to Veterans Memorial Park.
Whether you run the marathon, organize a team to run the relay, or just show up to support the runners, lets make it a fun, unique, out-in-the-open Grand Rapids event that goes beyond the norm.
More details:
* All paces welcome to participate, with every participant from last to first getting a welcome back at Rosa Parks Circle
* This is mostly a self-supported event, but there will be a map, some signage and aid stations on course, and bikers who will check in with runners
* The marathon relay is open to any team configuration or leg distances; the coffee shops make good changepoints but do what works for you
* We encourage you to bring your own bibs and have fun with them
* The Participant Guide is HERE [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OVr8IGMAwVrKhZyP4g17X2qVSv3bGYM7FMZbPrZ8Y78/edit?usp=sharing] for reference
* The Facebook event is HERE [https://www.facebook.com/share/MFFAP2k38ucv5JDP/] for reference
* You are welcome to do any combination of the following: a) run the marathon, b) run as part of a relay marathon, or c) volunteer to help this event be a success, d) come out and cheer (just show up on the course, or at Rosa Parks Circle, on race morning).
#theoverGRound2024
The overGRound will be held November 3rd, 2024 at 8am, starting and ending at Veterans Memorial Park (updated from Rosa Parks Circle due to closed restrooms at Rosa!). The carefully designed route [https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6029318128] passes the many coffee shops that host Lyon Street Run Club, a variety of neighborhoods, cityscapes, and parks, and end passing by November Project Grand Rapids home of Lyon and Bostwick before returning to Veterans Memorial Park.
Whether you run the marathon, organize a team to run the relay, or just show up to support the runners, lets make it a fun, unique, out-in-the-open Grand Rapids event that goes beyond the norm.
More details:
* All paces welcome to participate, with every participant from last to first getting a welcome back at Rosa Parks Circle
* This is mostly a self-supported event, but there will be a map, some signage and aid stations on course, and bikers who will check in with runners
* The marathon relay is open to any team configuration or leg distances; the coffee shops make good changepoints but do what works for you
* We encourage you to bring your own bibs and have fun with them
* The Participant Guide is HERE [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OVr8IGMAwVrKhZyP4g17X2qVSv3bGYM7FMZbPrZ8Y78/edit?usp=sharing] for reference
* The Facebook event is HERE [https://www.facebook.com/share/MFFAP2k38ucv5JDP/] for reference
* You are welcome to do any combination of the following: a) run the marathon, b) run as part of a relay marathon, or c) volunteer to help this event be a success, d) come out and cheer (just show up on the course, or at Rosa Parks Circle, on race morning).
#theoverGRound2024
Races
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Marathon
Incl. T-Shirt (Possible - Provide Your Size Just in Case)
Sun 3rd November 2024 (8:00AM EST)
Free
This is a (mostly) self-supported marathon on a course that is not closed to traffic. There will a number of aid stations along the route. -
Relay Marathon (Any Leg or Distance)
Incl. T-Shirt (Possible - Provide Your Size Just in Case)
Sun 3rd November 2024 (8:00AM EST)
Free
Relay teams can be made up of any number of runners and distances can be broken up however teammates decide; the main thing is to cover the 26.2 mile route in sequence with your teammates. See some proposed paradigms in the Participant Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OVr8IGMAwVrKhZyP4g17X2qVSv3bGYM7FMZbPrZ8Y78/edit?usp=sharing This is a (mostly) self-supported marathon on a course that is not closed to traffic. There will a number of aid stations along the route. -
Volunteer
Sun 3rd November 2024 (7:00AM EST)
Free
the overGRound marathon/relay