Anyone traveling around the District tomorrow will want to take a look at the marathon route because it snakes right through our area. Here are the details:
SunTrust National Marathon Street Closings on Saturday, March 20, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The 5th Annual SunTrust National Marathon, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield National Half Marathon and Relay Races will be run on Saturday, March 20, 2010, with a 7 a.m. start time and 1 p.m. finish time. This half-day event includes a 26.2-mile marathon, a 13.1 mile half marathon, and relay races. The race route starts and ends at RFK Stadium and runs through six of the city’s eight wards. Race officials advise the public that temporary, intermittent street closings will be in effect on Saturday, March 20, 2010; starting at 6:45 a.m. Vehicles may be parked along the route; however they will not be allowed to be moved once runners enter the area to ensure that no moving vehicles will collide with participants. Affected streets have been posted with temporary “Official Course Route” signage. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will handle the alteration of traffic patterns and enforce moving violations.
Each posted MPD officer on the course route will be supplied with a Race Day Operations Guide with detailed information on open access routes, detour plans and bump cross routes in Capitol Hill. Note that between the marathon and half-marathon races, the event course encompasses six wards of the city in two large loops. East Capitol Street from 13th Street, NE to 2nd Street NE will be closed to all vehicular traffic starting at 6:45 a.m. It will reopen at approximately 10:45 a.m. Residents of Capitol Hill, who normally use East Capitol to get to or from their homes, will be allowed intermittent north bound/southbound travel across East Capitol Street at the following bump cross route locations: 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 15th and 17th Streets. Vehicular traffic at each bump cross route is monitored by MPD and flows at their discretion.
Metrorail will be opening early at 5:00 a.m. and running on a normal Saturday schedule.
Some bus lines will be affected; WMATA will advise as to these bus route detours and delays.
Drivers along Connecticut Avenue between Florida Avenue and M Street NW should be advised that they are likely to experience delays between 7 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. Minnesota Avenue in SE Washington will be closed to traffic from approximately 8:55 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Other delays are expected.
Persons with unessential travel should avoid driving in all areas affected by the event. Massachusetts Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue and New York Avenue provide the best options for crossing the route.
Metrorail is another useful alternative. It is imperative that District residents review the route map and times of closures to confirm whether desired routes will be available, and to identify streets, which may be used to get around the race route and to other parts of the city.
Public safety officials are committed to reopening streets along the route as quickly as it is safe to do so. For more information, please visit http://www.nationalmarathon.com/.
12 comments:
As one of hundreds of volunteers, I encourage folks bring your coffee and come out to support the runners. 26.2 is a long way and it helps to have some friendly faces along the way... particularly after coming over the Hopscotch Bridge and down H. I'll be at 13th, telling the runners which way to turn with caffeine in hand!
I have been here for more than 4yrs and every year they do not come over the bridge, but go along K Street, down 4th Street and then along H Street.
....still, watching them and cheering them on is a great way to spend a Sat morning.
Any idea what time they normally arrive at H?
Hate this thing. My SO has to spend the night in a hotel because she will not be able to get out to the airport. The B2 will not be able to run because it they using it's route for the race. No consideration at all given to the residents.
ps: Pretty sure that no one south of H will be able to get to Capital Diner, so enjoy a Saturday there while you can.
My apologies for my poor map reading... thank goodness I've been given directions on how to tell them to turn on thirteenth and that the runners don't have to go up that hill! Nonetheless, the runners will appreciate the friendly faces... particluarly after the 11 miles of running they will have completed prior to arriving on H. Elites could go by as early as 8- 8:15ish... (figuring a 7am start and 6+ min mile) with big packs coming through about an hour after that (the 4 hour marathon crowd) and continuing until abuot 9:30-10. A very rough estimate.
Anon 1:08 - Really!?! ONe day out of the year, and you whine. And which Airport? - I see routes to any around here - let me know what you can't figure out and I'll give you directions. To the rest - see you on the course!
What's with all the discarded clothes they runners littered all along the route? Seriously?! I can't believe they think they can litter just because they're running a race.
@hillophile: that happens at every race (I have done it before myself). Race organizers are supposed to come through and clean up after.
ex-runner: they don't. And it's not just clothes.
They certainly haven't cleaned up the clothes yet near us....
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