2027 Bayshore Marathon - May 29

Bayshore is the rare big-name marathon that is genuinely built for a fast time. The course starts on the grounds of Northwestern Michigan College, runs about a mile through quiet residential streets, then settles onto Center Road and follows the waterfront along the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay before turning around and retracing the same route back to the finish. It is a flat, fast, 100 percent paved out-and-back that is shaded for much of its length, with only about +113 m (371 ft) of total +113m elevation