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Community Notification Brochure
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Spirit on the Course
Health and Fitness Expo
Finish Line Festival
Race Day Street Closures
Major Streets and Avenue Open During Morning Race Hours
Community Notification Brochure
In order to better prepare the community for race day road closures, activities, cheering stations, etc., we will be distributing Community Notification Brochures.
The 5th Annual SunTrust National Marathon and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield National Half Marathon is just around the corner. On Saturday, March 20, 2010, 12,000 qualified runners will race through the streets of Washington, D.C. as they make their way through six of our city’s eight wards. The race course will be lined with volunteers, local school cheer squads, neighbors, and spectators showing their support, welcoming runners to their neighborhoods and rooting them on to the finish line!
The race starts at 7:00 AM at RFK Stadium, corner of 19th and East Capitol Streets, S.E. The marathoners and half marathoners will run 13.1 miles together on the northern loop of the race with the half marathoners finishing at RFK Stadium’s Lot 3. Full Marathoners will continue their 26.2 mile race on the southern loop of the course running through the scenic neighborhoods of Waterfront/S.W. Marina, Anacostia, and Fort Dupont before returning to RFK Stadium’s Lot 3 for a spectacular Finish Line Festival!
METRO stations will open at 5:00 AM to foster resident, business and race participant travel around the city the morning of the race. METRO buses will be on delayed or rerouted mode the morning of the race. For bus schedules and possible detour information call (202) 637-7000 or go to www.wmata.com.
Neighbors and spectators are encouraged to line the course to see and feel the energy of the 12,000 runners from across the region and the country!
Come out to Community Spirit Festivals hosting coffee, donuts and tee-shirts!
- Kalorama and Adams Morgan
- Howard University’s Bison Bend
- North Capitol Street’s Trinity Turn
- Go-Go on H Street
- Southwest’s P Street Push
- Anacostia Park
- Minnesota Avenue Mania
Many more exciting communities along the course route!
This is D.C.’s showcase road race! Thanks for helping make the fifth annual SunTrust National Marathon and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield National Half Marathon a world-class event!
Health and Fitness Expo
Friday, March 19, 2010 @ D.C. Armory 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Open and Free to the Public!
Retail booths, fitness information, and interactive fun!
RFK Stadium’s - Lot 3 Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Awards stage, music, vendor booths, sponsor booths, food, and the finish line!
The Marathon and Half Marathon will run the same course for the first 13.1 miles. The northern loop of the course will begin street closures at approximately 7:00am and opening up again as early as 9:00am. Full Marathon runners will continue on the southern loop of the course closing streets approximately 8:15am with the remaining streets opening by 12:30pm. During the race, cars may be metered across the course only when safe. Traffic metering will be monitored by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers stationed along the course. For easiest access, avoid the race course and follow the recommended directions around the road closures.
Click HERE to get a complete list of all Race Day Street closing and reopening times.
MAJOR ROADS OPEN DURING MORNING RACE HOURS
Rhode Island Avenue: West bound and east bound from 17th Street N.W. to Eastern Avenue, N.E./Maryland Line.
New York Avenue: West and East Bound
Entrances 395 Freeway: Open
South Capitol Street Bridge: Inbound from Anacostia
Florida Avenue: Temporary closing at Connecticut Avenue from 7:25 AM - 8:30 AM and at North Capitol Street 7:40 AM - 9:15 AM
Georgia Avenue: Open northbound and southbound. Temporary closing at Harvard Street 7:30 AM -8:40 AM.
16th Street, N.W.: Open northbound and southbound. Temporary closing at Columbia Road/Harvard Street 7:20 AM - 8:40 AM.
14th Street, N.W.: Open Northbound and Southbound. Temporary closing at Harvard Street 7:20 AM - 8:40 AM.
Massachusetts Avenue: Temporary closing at Lincoln Park 8:15 AM - 10:30 AM and at Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM.
Minnesota Avenue: Closed from 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM from PA Avenue to East Capitol Street, N.E.
Pennsylvania Avenue: S.E.: Open east bound at entrance to 295N and South.
