Carpe Diem Carpe Noctem Half Marathon & 10k

It’s race week in Dearborn! Come run Dearborn Decades 5k with us at Ford Field Park on Sunday, August 4th. You can still register at http://bitly.com/5kdearborn. The race is mostly flat, fast, and USATF-certified. It’s family friendly. Whether you want to shoot for a fast time or enjoy a run with friends, it’s sure to be a great morning. Parking in the lot near the start/finish line is easy and you can hang out afterwards and enjoy Dearborn Homecoming Festival. See you there!

The price to run Carpe Diem - Carpe Noctem increases Thursday, 8/1! Don’t pay more to run the AM or PM Half Marathon, 10K, or both. Register at http://bitly.com/cdcnraces and join us on the trails at Proud Lake in Commerce Township, MI on Saturday, April 5, 2025. 🌞 Seize the Day, Seize the Night 🌝 with Trivium Racing!

❗ Beat the 8/1 price increase for 🌞 Carpe Diem - Carpe Noctem 🌝 2025! Don’t pay more to run the AM or PM Half Marathon, 10K, or both. Register at http://bitly.com/cdcnraces and join us on the trails at Proud Lake in Commerce Township, MI on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Seize the Day, Seize the night in 2025!

New to trail running? Want to check out the trails at Proud Lake before CDCN race day? Just love running trails and want to go run with some cool peeps? Check out the Fleet Feet Michigan trail series with certified Run Coaches Stef Heyser and Annabelle Smith. Trivium Racing will co-host the run on September 22 and you can get behind the scenes insight from our Race Director, Rich!

The Carpe Diem - Carpe Noctem trails are the same trails as Black Toenail Friday Half Marathon and 7.5 Mile. Join us on Friday, November 29 for a Trivium Racing holiday tradition. http://bitly.com/blacktoenailrace

❗️❗️Beat the 8/1 price increase for Carpe Diem - Carpe Noctem 2025! Prices are still the lowest they’ll be for next year’s race. Join us at Proud Lake in Commerce Township, MI on Saturday, April 5, 2025 for a Half Marathon, 10K, or both! We have a morning and an evening race; you can run one or both! We have the option for a Half Marathon in the AM and the PM and a 10K in the AM and the PM. The trails are wide and mostly flat, with only a few sections with roots. They're extremely easy to navigate and well-marked. Seize the Day, Seize the Night, or both at http://bitly.com/cdcnraces!

Following Trenton Summerfest Half Marathon, 8K, & 5K, you’re shaking up our Trivium Racing SE MI Running Series leaderboard! Congrats to our top three. Dearborn Decades 5k is your next chance to earn points on August 4, 2024! Learn more about the series and see the full leaderboard and where you stand here: https://triviumracing.com/trivium-east-michigan-running-series/. Anyone who's run a race this year is on the leaderboard!

Following Trenton Summerfest Half Marathon, 8K, & 5K, we’re shaking up the Trivium Racing Club Cup competition leaderboard! We Run 313 is in first place with 563 points! Chevy Running Club is in second place with 467 and Team Running Lab Brighton is in third place with 383 points (Congrats on being named a 2024 Best Running Store!). More information and all team points can be found at https://triviumracing.com/southeast-michigan-club-and-corporate-championship/. Up next: Dearborn Decades 5k!

🛑 Beat the Black Toenail Friday Half Marathon and 7.5 Mile price increase! Don’t pay more to run Black Toenail Friday Half Marathon and 7.5 Mile. The race takes place on the same course as Carpe Diem - Carpe Noctem, but in reverse. Save the date for Friday, November 29, 2024 and join us Proud Lake State Rec Area! Did you know about the 11 AM start time? We've got camp fires! Only 250’ of elevation gain over the entire Half Marathon course and exquisitely groomed trails. Register at 👣 http://bitly.com/blacktoenailrace and join Trivium for our annual Thanksgiving tradition.

Our next Trivium Racing trail race is Black Toenail Friday Half Marathon and 7.5 Mile on Nov 29, 2024! Want to hit the trails between now and then? Check out these upcoming MI trail races. Even the ones with “50” or “Ultra” in the title include a 5k or something shorter! Register for Black Toenail at http://bitly.com/blacktoenailrace!

Following GRR Runway 5k, Chevy Running Club is in the lead with 414 points. Team Running Lab Brighton is in second place with 266. We Run 313 is in third with 229. Our individual series leaderboard remains the same. Summer Trail Fest Ultra and Half Marathon on June 15 is your next shot to move ahead on the leaderboard! See full standings at https://triviumracing.com/michigan-race-series-options/.

Planning to run Black Toenail Friday Half Marathon and 7.5 Mile? Love the CDCN trails at Proud Lake? Just love trail runnign in general and want to go run with some cool peeps? Check out the Fleet Feet Michigan trail series witch Coaches Stef & Annabelle. Trivium Racing will co-host the run in September and you can get behind the scenes insight from our Race Director, Rich!

We appreciate everyone taking the time to complete our survey about camping Friday night before CDCN 2025. At this time we're not going to move forward with camping. As most of you noted, the concept loses a lot of the appeal if the DNR can't open the showers/bathrooms. It was also pretty cost-prohibitive. However, we're keeping an open mind and if anything changes we'll let you know!

🌞 http://bitly.com/cdcnraces 🌙

Trivium Racing is owned and operated by runners (triathletes, ruckers, etc.), so we really get into Global Running Day! To share in that excitement, we're offering discounts on certain Trivium Racing events in 2024, including Trenton Summerfest Half Marathon, 8K, & 5K, Run the 313, and Growler Gallop 10 Mile and 5K!

The first 100 registrants to use the code RUN2024 will save 20% on any event listed at the link below. After those 100 codes are used, save 15% on the events listed at the link below using the code RUN15.

These discounts can be used starting TODAY, Wednesday, June 5 at 8:00 am EST through Friday, June 7 at 11:59 pm EST. More details at https://triviumracing.com/2024-global-running-day-event-savings/.

Camping Survey:

We're trying to gauge interest regarding camping the night before/day of CDCN. Y'all used to really enjoy this in the past. Here's the link to the survey: https://forms.gle/dUX2BSJk9RZ89tqu8. Here are some important details:

- The DNR would charge the athlete the normal camping fees (~$27/night/camp site). The DNR would also charge Trivium an additional fee, which we would have to pass on to participants. We'd obviously divide that among campers.

- One night, Friday night (April 4, 2025 with an April 5, 2025 race day)

- The DNR will not open the bathrooms/showers. We would have porta potties.

Following Moonlight Bootlegger 5k, you’re shaking up our SE MI Running Series leaderboard! Congrats to our top three. GRR Runway 5k is up next in Grand Rapids on June 1, 2024! Learn more about the series and see the full leaderboard and where you stand here: https://triviumracing.com/trivium-east-michigan-running-series/

Following Wixom Derby Days, Chasing El Chavo, and Moonlight Bootlegger 5k, the Trivium Michigan Club Cup competition standings remain the same. As of May 11, Chevy Running Club is in the lead with 414 points! Team Running Lab Brighton is in second with 266 points and We Run 313 is in third with 229. Here’s our top 🔟!

In just one month, this could be you, back on the trails! Summer Trail Fest Ultra and Half Marathon 50k, Half Marathon, and 5 Mile take place on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Sleepy Hollow State Park in Laingsburg, MI. The trails are well groomed, the course is relatively flat, and the aid stations are plentiful. When we’re not running we’ll be grilling, demoing Altra shoes, and hosting some fun contests! Register today at http://bitly.com/stfuraces!

Following Prove It 5k and 10k, you’re shaking up our SE MI running series leaderboard! Congrats to our top three. Moonlight Bootlegger 5k is up next on May 11, 2024! Learn more about the series and see the full leaderboard and where you stand at https://triviumracing.com/trivium-east-michigan-running-series/.

Trivium Racing has a Trivium Racing Michigan Strava Club! This is a space for participants to share in the friendly competition of trail and road running. We hope athletes training for and racing Trivium Racing events can use this as another way to connect! Run course segments and win Course Records and Local Legends. Moonlight Bootlegger 5k is up next!

👑 https://www.strava.com/clubs/triviummi

We saw a shakeup in the Trivium Racing Michigan Club Cup competition! As of April 27, is in the lead with 395 points! Team Running Lab Brighton is in second with 266 points and We Run 313 is in third with 229. Wixom Derby Day Races (May 4), Chasing El Chavo (May 4), and Moonlight Bootlegger 5k (May 11) are up next! Learn more and see the full standings at https://triviumracing.com/southeast-michigan-club-and-corporate-championship/.

Our SE MI running series leaderboard saw some major changes following Carpe Diem - Carpe Noctem! Congrats to our top three. Prove It 5k and 10k is up next this Saturday, April 27! Learn more about the series and see the full leaderboard and where you stand at https://triviumracing.com/trivium-east-michigan-running-series/.

The dust hasn’t settled on our April 6 race and we’re already excitedly planning for 2025. Chatting with the DNR, revisiting conversations with athletes. Save the date for Saturday, April 5, 2025 and register at http://bitly.com/cdcnraces for the Morning or Evening Half Marathon or 10K or both! If you ran with us in ‘24, keep an eye on your email for a little “thank you” for running with us.

We'll be hitting the trails at Maybury State Park in Northville for Moonlight Bootlegger 5k and we hope you'll join us! If the thought of 10k or a Half Marathon in the dark on trails was a little much, save the date for Saturday, May 11, 2024! We’ll have tons of tea lights lining the path. You and all your fellow runners will have headlamps or flashlights. The miles are marked with music. Our volunteers will greet you at the finish with a custom mason jar instead of a medal and you’ll get two glasses of moonshine cocktails or mocktails. Come run or walk with us! http://bitly.com/bootleggerdetroit

No new course records at CDCN this year, but we do have several new AG records! Congratulations to:

10K Diem
F 50-59 - 51:35.90- Sandy Stafford
M 40-49 - 43:51.18 - Matt Maciag
M 60-69 - 45:06.22 - Michael Smith

10K Noctem
F 50-59 - 50:42.50 - Sandy Stafford
F 60-69 - 1:14:40 - Cindy Wachholz
M 40-49 - 44:23.05 - Matt Maciag
M 60-69 - 43.32.11 - Michael Smith
M 70+ - 1:22.57 - Arduino Polisena

Half Marathon Diem
F 30-39 - 1:40:07 Megan Muhs
F 40-49 - 1:55:13 Julie Brown

Half Marathon Noctem
F 20-29 - 1:58:19 Catherine Dager
M 50-59 - 1:33:52 Keith Virden

Congratulations Vishaka J.! You’re the winner of our CDCN photo contest! Thank you to everyone who entered. We loved seeing your race day photos! If you enjoyed CDCN, we hope you’ll join us for Moonlight Bootlegger 5k, a nighttime trail 5k at Maybury State Park in Northville! Trails, headlamps, tealights, moonshine, and live music!

*If you tagged us in a social media post and used you were automatically entered into a raffle for a free race entry. We then used a random name generator to select the winner! 🎉🏃🏃‍♀️

Happy Medal Monday #2! Hopefully you’ve all received your medals by now. Celebrate all that hard work with your fellow runners and walkers in our online community! Post a picture of your medal to social media! Tag our account. Use hashtag ! We're still running our photo contest. If you post any picture from race weekend, tag our account, and use the hashtag, you're entered to win a free entry to Carpe Diem Carpe Noctem Half Marathon & 10k in 2025 or the Half Marathon or 5 Mile at Summer Trail Fest Ultra and Half Marathon in June 2024! Participants AND Volunteers are eligible. We'll announce the winner on Wednesday!

If you ran with us on Saturday and didn't receive your medal, great news! They've all been mailed! Woohoo! Thank you for your patience and for racing with us. We appreciate you.

📸 The Mitten Mutts