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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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