My wife and I went to Detroit this past weekend. We stayed at the Westin Book, and jumped on the PeopleMover to go to Greektown Saturday afternoon. As we made our clockwise turns, we found a lot with many military vehicles parked. We figured out quickly that it was a staging area for the filming of the remake of 'Red Dawn'. Apparently this crew will be in Detroit for a little bit longer.
Sunday morning was pretty exciting. The Detroit Free Press/Flagstar marathon was taking place on Fort Street and Second. Actually, that was the start and finish line. The actual course winds through the city, crosses into Windsor via the Ambassador Bridge and returns through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. The tunnel is shut down for a few hours to accomodate the event. This is the only international marathon in the world with two border crossings. It also has the only documented 'underwater mile' - as you traverse the tunnel. Word has it that over 19,000 runners participated in all events.
Marathoner and half marathon runners alike use the border crossing. There is a 5K event that stays within the City of Detroit, so for those of us that don't want to train for 13.1 or 26.2 miles can always run, or even walk, the 5K.
The new Doubletree Hotel on Lafayette and First was pretty busy, and runners were in evidence throughout Greektown on Saturday evening. My guess is they were not carbo loading on baklava.
It was a great weekend in the 'D' and it was great to see so many people there.
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