{"id":121,"date":"2018-08-05T23:51:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T23:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:43:57","slug":"mackinac-island-great-turtle-trail-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"Mackinac Island Great Turtle Trail Run &#8211; October 25, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img style=\"float: right; margin-left: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/runmackinac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/great-turtle4.jpg\" alt=\"Mackinac Island Great Turtle Trail Run\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year marks the <strong>29th <\/strong>running of one of the most scenic trail events in the state.\u00a0 Join over 2200 participants running and walking the inside trails of Mackinac Island during the last open weekend of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Swag! <\/strong>\u00a0Great Turtle is known for it\u2019s swag! This year we\u2019re bringing back a favorite in a new color. Our 2025 garment is a dark green quarter zip tech shirt, with lime green overstitch<\/p>\n<p>All who register will receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Great Turtle commemorative garment<\/li>\n<li>Our signature finish medal<\/li>\n<li>Free digital photos<\/li>\n<li>Post Race Refreshments<\/li>\n<li>A great challenging course<\/li>\n<li>The friendliest volunteers ever!<\/li>\n<li>Fun, festivities, and sales at Mission Point and Downtown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Come enjoy the beauty of late fall on Mackinac Island, great end-of-season sales and fun Halloween events for adults and kids.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 Mackinac Island Trio Series!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Register for three RunMackinac races (<strong>either<\/strong> the Fort2Fort 5 Mile <strong>or<\/strong> the Lilac Festival 10K,<strong> plus both<\/strong> the Mackinac Eight Mile and the Great Turtle Trail Race) and you will receive a special Mackinac Island Trio Series medal. This will be a separate medal from the other finisher\u2019s medals you will receive at the completion of all three races, and will be awarded following the Great Turtle Half Marathon. To register for the Trio, go to either the Fort2Fort or Lilac 10k races and you will see the registration box.\u00a0 You can also register individually for all three events and be eligible for the Trio and the medal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Rates at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reseze.net\/servlet\/SendPage?hotelid=1720&amp;skipfirstpage=true&amp;page=104415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Point Resort<\/a>\u00a0for the Race and the Trio Series!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mission Point is holding rooms for all RunMackinac events at special rates \u2013 if you call to reserve rooms for your three Trio races and tell them you are doing the Trio, you will receive a 10% discount.\u00a0 Call 800-833-7711 to get the 10% Trio discount.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runmackinac.com\/great-turtle-trail-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Visit Mackinac Island Great Turtle Website &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<h2>Mackinac Island Road Races On Facebook<\/h2>\n<p>Below are the latest postings from the Mackinac Island Road Races Page On Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 500px;\">\n<div class=\"fb-page\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/runmackinac\/\" data-tabs=\"timeline\" data-width=\"400\" data-height=\"2000\" data-small-header=\"true\" data-adapt-container-width=\"true\" data-hide-cover=\"false\" data-show-facepile=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/runmackinac\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/runmackinac\/\">Mackinac Island Road Races<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runmackinac.com\/great-turtle-trail-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Visit Mackinac Island Great Turtle Website &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year marks the 29th running of one of the most scenic trail events in the state.\u00a0 Join over 2200 participants running and walking the inside trails of Mackinac Island during the last open weekend of the season.\nGreat Swag! \u00a0Great Turtle is known for it\u2019s swag! This year we\u2019re bringing back a favorite in a [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,23,9,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}