When & Where

Date

December 5, 2026

Location

13.1M: Erratic Ale Co. 8080 Grand St., Dexter, Michigan 48130

1 Mile/5K: Monument Park, Baker Rd. at Main St. downtown Dexter, MI

Start Time

13.1M: 11:00AM

1M: 4:00PM

5K: 4:30PM

Packet Pickup

Wednesday - 12.2.26, 3:00pm-6:00pm - Erratic Ale Co. 8080 Grand St., Dexter

Friday before Race Day, 2:00pm-7:00pm - Fleet Feet - Ann Arbor West, 5700 Jackson Rd., Ann Arbor

RACE DAY - HALF MARATHON/RELAY, 9:30am-10:45am - Erratic Ale Co. 8080 Grand St., Dexter

RACE DAY - 5K & 1 MILE, 12:30pm-4:15pm Destination Cyclery 3219 Broad St Suite 105, Dexter

5K & 1M

A charity event, $5 of your entry fee will go to local Dexter charities.

Bring canned or non-perishable food items for local food bank, Faith in Action, and get a raffle ticket for each item!

Raffle tickets will be pulled race evening for RF Events Gift Cards! Winners will be contacted the week following the race.

Both races will take you on a great tour of downtown Ann Arbor!

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13.1M & Relay

A Michigan Half Marathon in Decemberrr??? Heck yeah! HO. HO. GO!!!

4 Hour time limit to complete this course. Participants must be past Aid B (5.25 Miles) by 12:35PM to continue on. After this time, all runners will be turned back to Dexter.

Water, Gatorade, and GU will be available at miles 2, 5, 8, and 11.5. Toilets will be available at miles 2, 6, 8, and 11.5.

Pacers

Next Level Running Club will be volunteer pacing for this event! Pace times will be based on average minute per mile pace. The pacers will set out to maintain even paced miles to get you back to the finish in your goal time! Pace times available will be: 7:15 (1:35:02), 8:00 (1:44:53); 9:00 (1:57:59: 10:00 (2:11:06), 11:00 (2:24:12) and 12:00 (2:37:19).

Relay

2nd runner stages themselves in Hudson Mills Metro Park (parking pass required) Leg 1 is 7.4 Miles and Leg 2 is 5.7 Miles. Runners can run through chute together!

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Post-Race & Awards

Post-Race

13.1M: Large beer garden outside of Erratic Ale Co. with fire pits, 2 beers on tap and tons of fun!First 12oz pour is included with vour race. You can purchase additional pours onsite.

5K/1Mile: Celebrate after the race in Monument Park with post-race goodies and nearly 100 trees lit up!

Awards

Finisher medals for all distances

5K and 13.1M - Men's and Women's overall awards (top 3), age group awards 3 deep in ALL five-year age groups, for all distances 

Relay - Top 3 Overall Men, Women and Mixed teams

Extras!

Snowman Challenge

Complete the 13.1, 1 Mile, AND 5K to earn the bragging rights as on official Snowman 17 Mile Challenge FINISHER!

Training

Join the Erratic Run Club every Wednesday evening at 6PM starting and finishing at Erratic Ale Co. Accountability partners, beer drinking friends, and just some downright good folks to help get you to the finish line! All paces welcome. Incentives for checking in! Discounts off first beer every Wednesday! Click HERE for more info!