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Milwaukee Marathon returns
The Milwaukee Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K returned. The courses started on Harbor Drive and finished at Humboldt Park in Bay View.
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K returned on Saturday, April 13.
The event has a complicated history. Organizers said in 2016 and 2017, the race wasn’t measured correctly by course markers. It came back in 2019, but then the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. It had not been held in-person since.
"They say the results are in the work you're afraid to do, and running was my biggest kryptonite, so I decided to run, and it was just taking an opportunity," said participant Linzy Hudson Jr.
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The marathon and half-marathon courses started on Harbor Drive and finished at Humboldt Park with a stretch along the lakefront.
"I didn't know if I could do it, but when I finished it, I came with this realization that I've underestimated myself my entire life," participant Sharaka Berry said. "That's why I keep doing stuff like this, because I know I'm more capable of what I think I am in the moment."
In 2019, the event drew more than 7,200 runners. It's unclear as of now how many people ran this year.