Category Archives: Fitness

Report on the 2007 Mackinac Bridge Walk

September 4, 2007 – 7:52 am

Mackinac Bridge Walk by Maggie
The Cheboygan Tribune reports that an estimated 57,000 people walked (or ran, wheeled or swam) the Mackinac Bridge. That's short of the 85,000 that traversed the span in 1992, but still a whole lot of folks! Regarding those swimmers, the Freep says that:
As crowds gathered before dawn near the tollbooths to [...]

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Get moving, Michigan with the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk

August 23, 2007 – 9:22 am

The annual Mackinac Bridge Walk takes place every year on Labor Day.
This year's walk is the 50th. The Annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk on Michigan in Pictures notes that the first walk on Labor Day, 1958 drew just 68 walkers - we're guessing there's a few more in the picture to the right from [...]

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Celebrating Community Down by the Detroit River

July 27, 2007 – 10:09 am

The Metropolitan Affairs Coalition (MAC) invites you to get outside and enjoy a day of kayaking, bicycling, and family fun on the blueway and greenway trails in Flat Rock, Gibraltar, and Rockwood, as well as Lake Erie Metropark and the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, August 4 for the first annual "Celebrating Community [...]

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Video blogging the Michigander Bike Tour

July 16, 2007 – 8:58 am

Michigander ready by Mike Wendland
From the "Watch This Year, Do It Next Year" files, here's Freep.com video columnist Mike Wendland is taking part in the 16th annual Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance Michigander Mountain Bike Tour. Check out The Michigander: Day 1 and follow along all week at Mike Wendland's Blog.
The ride begins in Midland [...]

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Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did!
The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there.

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Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk

August 31, 2006 – 11:19 am

1958 3cent Mackinac Bridge Postage Stamp

Every Labor Day the Mighty Mac opens to pedestrian traffic for the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk. Below is a slew of information about the walk and the bridge itself.
50th Anniversary Mackinac Bridge Walk of 2007
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