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Runners of Royal Oak
Four childhood friends take on the
Detroit Free Press/TCF Bank Marathon
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our Metro Detroit men in
their 20s, childhood friends
who worked together at Camp
Tamarack, all took up running this
year to improve their fitness and give
themselves a friendly challenge.
After successfully completing the
Charlevoix Half Marathon in June,
Michael Schwartz, Michael Hersch
and Mitchell Sable, all 25, and Josh
Lieder, 28, decided to sign up for
the 42nd annual Detroit Free Press/
TCF Bank Marathon, Michigan’
s
largest road race through the streets
of Detroit and Windsor, Canada, on
Oct. 20.
“We call ourselves the Runners of
Royal Oak or RORO for short. Right
now, we are the only members of
this prestigious organization, but we
are always looking to expand,” said
Schwartz, a law student at Wayne
State University who also works part-
time at the law firm Carlson, Gaskey
& Olds in Birmingham.
“I had never done any sort of
distance running before this summer
but thought it could be fun to
challenge myself. I floated the idea
of running a half-marathon to the
other guys, and they all immediately
jumped on board,” Schwartz said.
“We ended up really enjoying doing
our long training runs for the half
together, and
when we all did
pretty well in
the Charlevoix
Half Marathon
— our race times
were all under
two hours — we
decided to keep
the ball rolling and signed up for the
full marathon in Detroit.”
The Detroit Free Press/TCF Bank
Marathon is an iconic race for
Detroit, with participants running
across the Ambassador Bridge and
through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
The deadline to register for this year’
s
International Marathon, International
Half Marathon and Marathon Relay
races is fast approaching on Aug. 26.
Executive Race Director Barbara
Bennage said, “The marathon really
brings people together, and we
see that in the camaraderie of our
first-time runners as well as those
who have run the race dozens of
times. And for those who might not
be up to a full marathon, we have
something for everyone including the
1-mile, the Meijer Kids Fun Run and
the 5K.”
To sign up for the Detroit Free
Press/TCF Bank Marathon, go
to freepmarathon.com. ■
COURTESY OF CKC AGENCY
Josh Lieder, Michael
Schwartz, Michael
Hersch and Mitchell
Sable celebrating
with medals after
their first half
marathon
Detroit Maccabi
Dance Team
Takes Gold
The Detroit Maccabi dance
team lived up to the high
expectations set forth by
previous successes, ending
the 2019 Detroit Maccabi
Games & ArtsFest with
a bang during their final
performance at Groves High School on
Aug. 8.
The team took home gold medals in
both of their full-group performances,
as well as small group and individual
performances.
Detroit Maccabi Dance Team first-
time coach Paula Lynn could not be
more thrilled with the team’
s efforts.
“I am so proud of all the girls,
”
Lynn says. “We’
ve had such a great six
months. I’
ve watched them all grow
and mature and become better dancers,
and we are so happy with the outcome.
”
— Jessie Cohen, JN Intern
COURTESY OF DETROIT MACCABI DANCE
TEAM
The 2019 Detroit Maccabi Dance Team
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