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Meijer Festival of Races presented by Cherry Bay Orchards

calendar_today 11 Jul, 2026

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Meijer Festival of Races presented by Cherry Bay Orchards

About the Event

Celebrate 53 years of the Meijer Festival of Race presented by Cherry Bay Orchards by signing up for the Priority Health 5k, the Michigan Planners 10k, the Michigan Planners McKinley Challenge 15k or the Michigan Planners Half Marathon today!  This race series celebrates the beauty and agriculture in the Traverse City Area provides unique race experience such as finishing on a parade route or running through an orchard (Half Marathon only). 

Races Offered

Michigan Planners 10K

Jul 11, 2026

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Distance — 10K

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$35.00

Michigan Planners Half Marathon

Jul 11, 2026

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Distance — 13.1 Miles

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07:00

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$65.00

Michigan Planners McKinley Challenge 15k

Jul 11, 2026

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Distance — 15K

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Type — Running

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07:00

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$43.00

Priority Health 5K

Jul 11, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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07:00

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$35.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in Traverse City.

thermostat Temperature
17.2° / 25.8°
wb_sunny Feels like
17.0° / 25.5°
light_mode Avg sunshine hours
12h 51m
water_drop Avg rainfall
2.1 mm
ac_unit Avg snowfall
air Avg wind speed
10.8 km/h (Light breeze)
opacity Sweat loss rate
High
terrain Course conditions
Hard and dry surface
sunny Max UV Index
Very High (8.0)
humidity_mid Humidity
73.7%
wb_twilight Sunrise
06:12
nightlight Sunset
21:22

About Traverse City

Learn more about the host city, Traverse City.

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Traverse City is a scenic city on the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. Directly north of Traverse City, the Old Mission Peninsula splits the Grand Traverse Bay in two, with a beautiful windswept landscape and great views of the bay on either side. Slightly to the west, the Leelanau Peninsula, with its charming small towns, forms the "pinkie finger" of the Michigan peninsula, jutting into Lake Michigan. Both peninsulas are prime winemaking regions within the state, and as such are one of the main tourist attractions in the region. Over a million visitors come each year to tour the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a scenic lakeside park with impressively large sand dunes. It's also a very popular destination for outdoor activities, owing to the proximity of Lake Michigan in summer, the impressive autumn colors, and the high snowfalls in winter.

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