Popular retailer RUNdetroit leaves Midtown for Eastern Market

• The new location at 1948 Division St. is slated to open Thursday.

Between the lines: RUNdetroit, opened by Justin Craig and Alia Polsgrove, is known for its intensive running shoe-fitting service and advice for runners, as well as its participation in the Detroit Free Press Marathon.

• The store also leads a weekly running group, Saturdays at 8am, with 3-, 6- and 10-mile options. That doesn't change with the new location, from which this Saturday's run is scheduled to start.

Runners take note — the local event of the year, the Free Press marathon, announced last week it sold out of two of its top races for the first time in its nearly 50-year history.

• The marathon and international half-marathon sold out nearly two months before the deadline to register.