I considered getting the Hudson Salad (which I know as a Maurice Salad), but decided I was in the mood for something more breakfast like. Lunch was at the Hudson Cafe, where I enjoyed a delicious eggs benedict. We got to meet a couple of Instagram influencers that we follow and even got to take pictures with them. We got tons of compliments on our costumes, a few strange looks, and the announcer REALLY liked our costumes. Katelyn and I wore “Boo Bee” costumes for the race. People started getting out of the cars and we realized that most of our group of friends from Saginaw were in the cars right across from us! We all got out and had a big reunion, chatted, and then made our way to the start area. While sitting in the car waiting to walk to the race, Katelyn noticed one of our friends from Saginaw in the car across from us. We found decent parking not too far from the start. Saturday morning we woke up nice and early to drive downtown again for the 1 mile and 5k races. After the cider mill we got dinner together, then headed to our hotel room to wait to pick up Ken from work. For me, it is absolutely Yates – those cinnamon sugar donuts are delicious, especially when you get them fresh, and they are still warm and a little bit crispy. People have strong opinions about which ones have the best cider and especially the best donuts. In my opinion, Yates is the best cider mill in the Detroit area. Our next stop was to meet our friend Heather and her two kids at Yates Cider Mill. Neither of us had to see border patrol (score!) and both of us got the swag we wanted (another score!). Their food was absolutely delicious, and the shake was pretty great, too, so good that we could not finish our food! After lunch, it was time to check out the expo and pick up our race packets. We took some fun fall selfies and met up with Ken’s friends that were working at the Fillmore before getting lunch at JoJo’s Shake Bar. The longer version: On Friday, we dropped Ken off at work (he was working the home opener for the Red Wings), and Katelyn and I explored Detroit. My hubby came along for the journey and was an amazing race photographer and cheerleader, a bunch of our running buddies were there, we met some of our favorite Instagram influencers, we wore awesome running outfits and got lots of compliments, and we had a whole lot of fun! The short & sweet version of this race recap: I participated in “The Wonder” Challenge (1 mile and 5k on Saturday, international half marathon on Sunday) at the 2022 Detroit Free Press Marathon races this weekend with my friend Katelyn.
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