2024 Detroit Free Press Marathon sells out 3 months before race [Video]

The 2024 Detroit Free Press Marathon sold out over the weekend with just less than three months before the race steps off.

The international marathon goes through Detroit and into Windsor, Ontario over the Ambassador Bridge and then back to Detroit through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.

Registration is still available for the Marathon Relay, International Half-Marathon, Motor City Half Marathon, 5K, and Adaptive Athlete Marathon.

Earlier this month, the Detroit Free Press reported that several races are on the verge of selling out, and that the race typically sells out around early September.

“We’ve never seen the type of demand for registration that we’ve seen this year. Typically, our most popular race every year that sees the most participants is the International Half-Marathon, the 13.1-mile race. But the marathon has grown tremendously this year,” Aaron Velthoven, the marathon’s vice president and race director, said to the Free Press on July 13.

According to the Free Press, organizers expect 20,000 participants on …