Getting up before the crack of dawn, driving to the start and checking in for the run of the day couldn’t be any more exciting when it involves running along the Ausable River or lake Avery as the sun comes up.
The Michigan Outback Relay is a three-day summer weekend featuring the country’s longest and most challenging relay race run through the scenic upper half of Michigan’s lower peninsula. Great people, great runs, and great times to party after your last run of the day…
Are you up to the challenge? Three days of running over hills, through sand, mud, and water. There is a trek through the swamp and even a river crossing.
You will experience the beauty of the northern half of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula like you never have before – up close and personal. The course will take runners through state and national forests, over remote trails and roads, through sandy ruts, and of course over a few hills! All roads are runnable but not always driveable.
NOTE: This was the original plan for the 2020 course before the live event was cancelled.
For 2020, we will be going back to a course we haven’t used for a while using the sandy horse trails of the Shore to Shore trail. We will start in Oscoda and end in McKinley for Day 1, keep going on the Shore to Shore trail to Grayling on Day 2, and use last year’s Day 3 (with the new start) heading for our finish in Empire for Day 3.
© 2020 Michigan Outback Relay.
