16Jan
1 Mile Fun Run
Running
- Distance
- 1.6K
- Start time
- 09:30
- Entry fee
- $5.00
Frozen Foot Race
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Date
16 Jan, 2027
Races
2 distances
Entry fee
$5.00 – $30.00
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Website
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Frozen Foot Race
About the event
The Traverse City Track Club (TCTC) announces the annual Frozen Foot Race, a 5-mile run to help kick off the 2026 race season, with the event set to go on January 16th, 2027 in Traverse City.
This January event has been one of Northern Michigan’s staple running events since the mid-1980’s and is a favorite of the area’s year-round running community. Current members (2027) of the Traverse City Track Club can participate in the event FREE of charge!
The 5-mile footrace begins at 9:30 a.m. and starts and finishes at Eastern Elementary School in Traverse City. Just prior to the 5-mile event, a 1-mile fun run (not timed) for runners 12 and under starts at 9:00 a.m.
Awards will go to the Top 3 male and female runners in open and masters (40+) categories. Awards will also be given to the top 3 in 16 age-group divisions including 0-12, 13-15, 16-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+.
Registration for current (2027) Traverse City Track Club members is FREE!
For non TCTC members registration for the Frozen Foot Race 5-mile is $30 for adults and $20 for students, 0-17. The 1-mile fun run for kids under 12 is $5 (the kids’ fun run is not officially timed). Online registration is open through race morning.
Packet pick-up will be held at Fleet Feet's South Airport store (3301 South Airport Road) on Friday, January 15th from 5-7:00 p.m. Race day packet pick-up will be available on Saturday, January 17th from 7:45-8:45 a.m. at the race site, Eastern Elementary School.
Since 1962, the Traverse City Track Club has presented the area’s premier running events and programs, provided grant funding and running/walking program support for the 5 surrounding counties of Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau. The club’s annual Bayshore Events are known nationwide and attract thousands to the Traverse City area each Memorial Day Weekend.
For more information about the Traverse City Track Club, contact info@tctrackclub.com To join the club, here is the link: https://www.tctrackclub.com/membership
Races offered
16Jan
5 Mile Frozen Foot Race
Running
- Distance
- 8K
- Start time
- 09:30
- Entry fee
- $30.00
About
Learn more about the host city, .
Michigan is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.13 million and an area of 96,716 sq mi (250,490 km2), Michigan is the tenth-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by total area east of the Mississippi River. The state capital is Lansing, while its most populous city is Detroit. The Metro Detroit region in Southeast Michigan is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Other important metropolitan areas include Grand Rapids, Flint, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, the Tri-Cities, and Muskegon.
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Race results
Official finishing times from previous editions of Frozen Foot Race — 2021.
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Kyle Kiel | — |
| 🥈 | Jami Hollandsworth | — |
| 🥉 | Tyler Guggemos | — |
| 4 | Douglas Brown | — |
| 5 | Katie Boyce | — |
| 6 | Jeffrey Houser | — |
| 7 | Josh Pellow | — |
| 8 | Kim Lawens | — |
| 9 | Michael Adams | — |
| 10 | Eric Houghton | — |
| 11 | Nick Bettes | — |
| 12 | Greg Gogolin | — |
| 13 | KATIE TOMCZYK | — |
| 14 | Jeremy Treadwell | — |
| 15 | Josh Swett | — |
| 16 | Josh Spicer-Swett | — |
| 17 | Kristina Olsen | — |
| 18 | Christo Miner | — |
| 19 | Jonathan Reed | — |
| 20 | Dan Briggs | — |
| 21 | Daniel McGoran | — |
| 22 | Kurt Strasser | — |
| 23 | Andy Shafley | — |
| 24 | Brenda Shafley | — |
| 25 | Sarah Carney | — |
| 26 | Adriana Fowler | — |
| 27 | Dan Staub | — |
| 28 | Jeremy Schoenlein | — |
| 29 | Joe Coleman | — |
| 30 | Drew Gentry | — |
| 31 | George Townsend | — |
| 32 | David Ford | — |
| 33 | Michele Revolt | — |
| 34 | Kristen Verrett | — |
| 35 | Deanne Briggs | — |
| 36 | Juli Weir | — |
| 37 | John Gower | — |
| 38 | Jessie Houser | — |
| 39 | Michelle White | — |
| 40 | Camden Moore | — |
| 41 | Michael Harrell | — |
| 42 | Anonymous Anonymous | — |
| 43 | Erika Korndorfer | — |
| 44 | Carly Schultz | — |
| 45 | Christina Burger | — |
| 46 | Victoria Fisher | — |
| 47 | Harry Yee | — |
| 48 | Kayla Six | — |
| 49 | Niki Westrick | — |
| 50 | Katie Armstrong | — |
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