MRM Frozen Buttcheek 5K

720 Fair St, Marshall, MI 49068, Marshall MI

Friday, January 24th, 2025

❄️ Race Overview

For $38.00 every in-person participant receives the following:

Custom Race Shirt: An awesome soft custom made race shirt that we screen print ourselves.
Finisher Medal: A unique and awesome finisher medal.
Awards: A chance at over 200 awards, awarded three deep in 19 age group categories for my run and walk.
Post Race Food: Amazing post race food and beverages, fill a plates worth!

👟 About the Director

Hi I'm Mandy!

I’ve been running for seven years (10.21.2017) and three months on the date of my Frozen Buttcheek 5K. In July 2019 I came up with the idea to run in every city in the state of Michigan that held a race event (1 mile or greater). I wanted my running to stay fun and be more than a finishing result. With that in mind I came up with “Mandy Runs Michigan.” I have been running every weekend since I started running. By my 2025 race I will have run 425 races (at least) and have hopefully hit 250 cities.

I wanted to use my experience observing and participating in races to race direct my own race that combined all the wonderful things I’ve seen throughout the last six years and avoided all the things I didn’t like. The Mandy Runs Michigan 5K will be just that, with tons of personal symbolism.

🎉 Race Dedication

This race and its name is dedicated to my experience at the 2019 The Groundhog 1/6 Marathon.

📅 Date & Details

Friday January 24, 2025

This is a WINTER RUN!!!! Cue Buddy the Elf, it's my favorite!!! ...and it’s on my birthday!

I have struggled to enjoy my birthday since our kids were born (very severe postpartum depression) and am hoping this run will set a spark to finally start enjoying the day once again. It’s a race and a birthday celebration.

💰 Pricing Information

I dislike price increases, but understand why races have them. As long as I have the Mandy Runs Michigan 5K race registration will be the same amount until race day. On race day there will be a $5.00 increase. My race fee is a set $38.00 until then. No race fee increases every few months.

Age 17 & Under: $25.00.
Age 55 & Older: $33.00.

🏞️ Course Details

This time I will taking you through another new area for MRM Racing: A Tour of the Calhoun County Fairgrounds!

We are back to street racing with a few dirt road areas for this 5K.

You will start by the warm fireplaces of Ketchum Park and take off through surrounding neighborhoods. You will climb a steady large hill right from the start with some amazing views to your left. You will follow the road and circle back down. When you get back to Maple Street you will make two lefts to enter the fairgrounds...

🏆 Awards Overview

If you are not someone who likes staying for a long award ceremony...we are going to have a long ceremony. The awards ceremony will start shortly after every participant finishes, going oldest to youngest.

I want fast participants, slower participants, old participants, and younger participants to go home with awards at my race.

🐕 Dog Participation

...are very much welcome and there will be the following dog awards! ^_^

Dog awards are changing this year as well! I will be awarding golden trophies to my top THREE overall fastest dogs and my last dog to cross the finish line.