Overview
- Andy Bowman won the Detroit Free Press Marathon for a third consecutive year on Sunday, finishing in 2:12:11 and eclipsing Greg Meyer’s 1980 course record of 2:13:07.
- Allison Sherman won the women’s full marathon with a time of 2:43:30, celebrating her first victory in the event after competing last year.
- Organizers reported a roughly 30,000-strong field for the 49th edition, and the course routed runners across the Ambassador Bridge, through the Detroit–Windsor tunnel, and to the finish at Woodward and Congress Streets.
- Bowman said he must decide whether to return in 2027 because the Chicago Marathon hosts the USATF Marathon Championship near Detroit on the calendar, and he expressed strong loyalty to the local running community.
- The race, held since 1978, relies on volunteers and families to sustain its place in Detroit life, and Bowman's future choice could affect the event’s elite draw and local momentum for building the city’s running program.