FLINT, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – On Saturday morning, tens of thousands of runners will hit the bricks in downtown Flint for 10-mile, 5-mile, and 5K races along with a teddy bear trot.

On Friday night, the Crim Festival of Races stepped off with the Lois Craig Invitational and Michigan Mile.

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The Crim Festival of Races has been a Flint tradition for 45 years.