Supporting Partners
TODAY’S UPDATE 09-02-26
– SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
– EVENT MAPS
– CHECKPOINTS & TOKENS
– PACKET PICKUP
– EVENT PRE-ORDERS, POST EVENT GEAR STORE
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
| Date | Time | Event | Location | Buckle Time |
| Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 5PM – 8PM | MG100 Run Packet Pickup | 906AT @ Gluski Park 955 N. Lakeshore Blvd. | |
| Friday, September 18, 2026 | 8AM | MG100 Run Start | Forestville TH | 28 Hours |
| 5PM – 8PM | Packet Pickup | 906AT @ Gluski Park 955 N. Lakeshore Blvd. | ||
| Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 7AM | MG50 Run Start | Downtown Marquette | |
| 7:30AM | MG100 Bike, Duathlon Start | Forestville TH | 12 Hours (100Bike), 22 Hours (Duathlon) | |
| 8AM | MG50 Bike Start | Downtown Marquette | ||
| 10AM | Mini Marji Start | Jackson Park | ||
| 12PM | Finish Line Opens | Ishpeming | ||
| Sunday, September 20, 2026 | 2AM | Jackson Park Cutoff | Jackson Park | |
| 8:30AM | MG2026 Cutoff | Ishpeming |
EVENT MAPS
CHECKPOINTS & TOKENS
Checkpoints are hidden across the route. Some checkpoints have tokens, while others are just there to mess with ya. You won’t know what it is until you check. They all look the same.
If you get to a Checkpoint and it’s full of “something”, take one. It’s a token. If it’s empty, #blamedanny and keep rolling.
Checkpoint locations and contents are kept secret. No one knows how many there will be, or where they’ll be.
If you get to the finish line without any of the required tokens we’ll DQ ya.
To be clear… all checkpoint signage is found directly on-route. They’re not hidden in da hills. On the approach to a checkpoint you’ll encounter large signs 24” x 36” with the words “CHECKPOINT AHEAD” followed by a sign that says “CHECKPOINT” with a full bin of “something”.
One more thing – your tokens have to be on you. DO NOT give them to anyone. If you get to the finish line without your tokens (or without one of the tokens) you have to decide in that moment if you are going back to get the missed token, or if you are quitting. No sitting around for an hour and having the token you missed magically appear. As soon as you finish you will be checked.
PACKET PICKUP
We are moving packet pickup on Thursday and Friday to the 906 Adventure Team Office @ Gluski Park. Long story short – Blackrocks turned the back lot into a food truck oasis and there’s not room for us. We explored a couple of options with the city and DDA but decided to bring everything to our place. So, you’ll get to see what you’re helping us build. That’s a pretty good deal, really.
Thursday night packet pickup is for hundred-mile runners, but the other runners can pickup, too (MG50, Mini Marji Run). Bikers cannot pickup their stuff Thursday night.
Parking Note: You will have to use city parking lots or city streets. Expect a little bit of a walk wherever you decide to park. Please do not try parking in other business parking lots, etc.
EVENT PRE-ORDERS,
POST EVENT GEAR STORE
If you ordered Support Crew gear, or jerseys… We’ll have it ready for you at packet pickup. No gear will be sold at the event. If you did not pre-order it… you will have to order gear during the post-event store.
Thursday night: Runners can pickup bibs and gear.
Friday night: Bikers and runners can pickup.
TODAY’S UPDATE 08-28-26
– Road Rules / Stop Signs
– Lake Enchantment Road
– Suicide Bowl Road (CTY RD PC)
Road Rules / Stop Signs
I’m gonna hammer on this message again – and you really need to understand it’s for your own good that you listen and pay attention. Marji Gesick is a self-supported event and road rules apply at all times.
Volunteers will not be at every intersection. No one is out there stopping traffic for you. You must obey all traffic laws, stop signs, and have your head on a swivel.
Over the last few years, we’ve noticed a lot of trails that intersect with roads don’t have stop signs warning you of a road ahead. Last year, and again this year, we’ll be adding close to thirty temporary stop signs across the event route. When you see a stop sign – STOP. If you don’t you could hit by a car, or something else.
Lake Enchantment Road
Again this year we are asking support crews and anyone else with the event to stay away from Lake Enchantment Road. If you have a rider to support or if you wanna spectate – go to Marquette Mountain. There will be an aid station there, a ton of support, and parking. We need to remember that while it might feel like the whole world is obsessed with Marji, that’s not the case. There are a lot of people out there who don’t even know about the event. They would like to go about their lives without bumping into a bunch of us 😂. Support and spectate at Marquette Mountain and then move to Jackson Park.
Suicide Bowl Road (CTY RD PC)
This is another area that has popped onto our radar as a concern – mostly because people are going back there and parking in a manner that makes it impassable to emergency vehicles.
This year, we’re gonna add signs out there that prohibit parking on the left side of the road. This area has to remain open to the public, and emergency vehicles. When we asked you to stop going down Lake Enchantment Road a few years back – you guys responded and respected that request. I need you to do that again.
We want support crews out there, and we want you to be able to support riders from Suicide Bowl Road, and we can’t make the road impassable. We’re counting on your guys to observe the signs and only park on the right side of the road. If it fills up, park somewhere else.
TODAY’S UPDATE 08-20-26
– Schedule of Events
– Course Signage
– Pacers / Unregistered Riders
– Rules of the Road
– GPX Files and Release Date
– Private Land
– Mino-giizhigad; Maazhi-giizhigad: The Marji Gesick
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
| Date | Time | Event | Location | Buckle Time |
| Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 5PM – 8PM | MG100 Run Packet Pickup | 906AT @ Gluski Park 955 N. Lakeshore Blvd. | |
| Friday, September 18, 2026 | 8AM | MG100 Run Start | Forestville TH | 28 Hours |
| 5PM – 8PM | Packet Pickup | 906AT @ Gluski Park 955 N. Lakeshore Blvd. | ||
| Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 7AM | MG50 Run Start | Downtown Marquette | |
| 7:30AM | MG100 Bike, Duathlon Start | Forestville TH | 12 Hours (100Bike), 22 Hours (Duathlon) | |
| 8AM | MG50 Bike Start | Downtown Marquette | ||
| 10AM | Mini Marji Start | Jackson Park | ||
| 12PM | Finish Line Opens | Ishpeming | ||
| Sunday, September 20, 2026 | 2AM | Jackson Park Cutoff | Jackson Park | |
| 8:30AM | MG2026 Cutoff | Ishpeming |
COURSE MARKING
Course markers consist of four signs:
Red Arrows
Wrong Way
Blame Danny
Blame Todd
The course is marked well, but that does not mean you should leave the gps at home. Like we have always said: Signs fall down, people pull them down, bears eat them, and the wind blows them away. GPS is required.
Course markers should for the most part always be posted on your right side. Turns should be marked before and after the turn. Signage is printed on a reflective material making the arrows very easy to see at night.
The course will be marked between Sunday, September 13th and Friday, September 18th, 2026. The course is marked in sections, and not necessarily in order. If you see something that you think doesn’t make sense – let me know.
PACERS AND UNREGISTERED RIDERS
Pacers and unregistered riders are not permitted. The trails are open to the public, but the event is not open to someone who wants to “ride along.” If you break the rules you will be disqualified. And asked not to return to the event.
Rules of the Road
Unlike most events, we do not put volunteers at every road crossing from Harlow to Ishpeming. Since 2015, the Marji Gesick and all 906AT events have promoted individual responsibility and personal accountability – YOU are responsible for your personal safety; i.e. crossing roads, etc.
Self Supported Ethos: You are on your own. No one is coming to save you. GPS is required. Signs fall down, people tear them down, and bears eat them. You must follow the rules of the road. Do not approach wildlife. Dial 911 IN AN EMERGENCY.
This is what you signed up for. If you are not fully prepared to be responsible for yourself and your choices it would be safer for you to stay home.
GPX Files and Release Date
GPX files will be posted via the 906 Adventure Team RWGPS page prior to the event.
PRIVATE LAND
Marquette Mountain is private property. We are permitted to send racers across their property on the days of the event. Outside of the event you are required to purchase a day or a season pass. Please respect that.
Lowes Trail crosses private property, too. The landowner has been kind enough to grant us access to the snowmobile trail/powerline for the event. Please respect that.
Mino-giizhigad; Maazhi-giizhigad: The Marji Gesick
Story By: Alexandera Houchin
January 7, 2020
Credit: 906 Adventure Team. Cable, age 9, carving out his legacy.
(It’s a good day; it’s a bad day)
Shakespeare insisted that a name held nothing significant; in fact, a name is but an arbitrary designator. A rose, “by any other name would smell as sweet.” If the rose weren’t called a rose, we would still swoon over the sweet smell. Poor Juliet, the owner of a smitten young heart, failed to see everything that exists in a name. In my case, at thirty years old, I still carry my maiden name. Instead, I like to say it’s the name I’ve made for myself; I don’t see that changing any time soon. I grew up in the trailer park across the street from the General Motors Factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, and attended Jackson Elementary school. It was there I celebrated Andrew Jackson as a glorious president; Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. What’s in that name? A legacy of brutality*, I say.
*Yes, this is a reference to the 1985 album by the Misfits. Hybrid moments is one of my favorite songs of all time.
I believe that there is a legacy in the name; a name is what we make it. I was Alex for years, ambiguous, unsure of myself. It wasn’t until I began to own my history that I started going by my given name. Alexandera, with the extra “e.” It was the name I was given; it’s up to me to leave the legacy behind…
Link:
<https://theradavist.com/mino-giizhigad-maazhi-giizhigad-the-marji-gesick>