Transportation and Parking:
Parking:
- We have 250 spaces at Fletcher's Cove's riverside parking area, and we want to leave some spaces for other park users
- Once we fill all the parking at Fletcher's Cove (maybe 8:15 AM), we direct cars to turn right on Reservoir Road towards free on-street parking, 0.3 to 0.7 miles away
Red Top Cab:
- Please take our Red Top Cab from Crystal City Marriott or car-pool to minimize parking delays
- From westbound Canal Road, Red Top Cab drops you off at Canal Road and Reservoir Road
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- The cabs do not go down the ramp enter the small parking area at Fletcher's Cove next to Canal Road
- Walk down the ramp to the start-finish
- If you pick up your packet on Thursday or Friday, you don't have to go down the stairs to check-in
- If you do not pick up your packet on Thursday or Friday, go down the stairs to the picnic table and pick up your packet
- If you book a Red Top Cab, after you finish your race, go downstairs and ask the staff at the picnic table to call a cab for your return trip
- Please form a group of four and walk to the TOP OF THE RAMP near the stoplight
Off-Site Parking Options:
- We want as many participants as possible to park off-site,
so that we leave some parking spaces available at Fletcher's Cove for the general public
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Palisades Library, 4901 V St NW, Washington, DC 20007
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Our Lady of Victory School, 4755 Whitehaven Pkwy NW, Washington, DC 20007
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CVS/pharmacy, 4859 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Washington, DC 20007
- Park on Clara Barton Parkway northwest of
Chain Bridge. Walk down ramp to C&O Canal Towpath, and walk about one mile southeast to Fletcher's Cove
- Park across
Chain Bridge on Arlington side. Walk across Chain Bridge, walk down ramp to C&O Towpath, and walk about one mile southeast to Fletcher's Cove
When do the aid stations close?
- The finish line stays open until 2:00 PM. We can't guarantee an time for finishers after 2:00 PM
- We allow changes up until the 8:00 AM when the marathon starts ...
- but if you start with the marathoners at 8:00 AM and drop out after 13.1 miles back at Fletcher's Cove
- we can't count it as a 9:00 AM half marathon,
- but you get the same medal and post-race picnic as everyone else.
- If you plan to change, please let us know your decision soon,
- so we can edit the Start List on Webscorer and in our Excel copy and later in the Webscorer app on the computer
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The aid stations close down in this sequence:
- Lock 10 closes at 1:00 PM
- Lock 7 closes at 1:15 PM
- Lock 5 closes at 1:30 PM
- Finish line closes at 2:00 PM
- Invitation:
- Perfect for experienced runners, charity trainees, and first-timers
- Open to anyone who can finish within 6 hours
- Limited to the first 350 entrants
- Host hotel:
- Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport (703-413-5500)
- $159.00 per night from Thursday, September 7, 2023, to Monday, September 11, 2023
- Last day to book: Friday, August 7, 2024
- Use event code "Safety and Health Foundation Sep24"
- Click THIS LINK to register on-line
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Directions from Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport to Fletcher's Cove
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5 miles (8 kilometers) from race start / finish
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You can buy a round-trip via Red Top Cab for $10.00 leaving the hotel at 7:00 AM to the race and back after the race
- Each cab takes four passengers | First cab arrives 6:55 AM and departs as soon as it has four passengers | Cabs continue until last cab departs at 7:15 AM (don't miss it)
- For ground transportation from the airport or anywhere else in the DC area, call Red Top Cab directly at 703-522-3333
- Off-site parking options:
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You may park near Crystal City Marriott and take our
Red Top Cab taxi service to Fletcher's Cove. Round trip taxi rides are $10, pre-paid only
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Driving route map
- If you drive to the race, you may park anywhere along Reservoir Road between Canal Road and Macarthur Boulevard, including River School, Bending Lane, W Street, and Hutchins Lane, then walk downhill to Fletcher's Cove | Be careful crossing Canal Road
- 2024 Boston Marathon Qualifier! | 8:00 AM start
- September 14, 2024, is the next-to-last to qualify for 2024 Boston Marathon
- We submit marathon finisher times to Boston Athletic Association by 9:59 AM on Monday, September 16, 2023
- Packet Packet Pick-Up Times:
- Thursday, September 12, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM -- Please help with packet assembly and pick up your packet early
- ACE Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Institute, 2841 Hartland Road #401, Falls Church VA
- Friday, September 13, 12:00 noon to 5:45 PM
at
Pacers Running Store,
3100 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington VA
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MAP
- Our guest bib-number presenter on Friday, September 13, from 12:00 noon to 6:00 PM is Aaron Burros.
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Here is his story
- Saturday, September 14, 7:15 AM to 8:45 AM
| on site at Fletcher's Cove,
4940 Canal Road NW, Washington DC
- Supported by these charities:
- Maps:
T-shirt & Medal Design:
Start Times:
- 8:00 AM - Competitive marathon start -- All marathon award winners must take the 8:00 AM marathon start
- 9:00 AM - Competitive half-marathon start -- All half-marathon award winners must take the 9:00 AM start
- 8:00 AM - Non-competitive half-marathon start -- A few awards
- All finishers receive medals and post-race picnic
- Top 3 M/F in each 10-year age-group win their choice of an SHF commemorative item -- SHF warm wooly winter hats. SHF lunch coolers, SHF billed cap in Blue, Red, and Pink, SHF pocket knife kits (do not take one on you when try to board an airplane),
- Full marathon is a qualifying race for Boston Marathon
- Half and full marathon are both qualifying races for Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and Olympic Trials Marathons
- Change your start time to 9:00 AM or 8:00 AM or distance to full or half or vice versa
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National Anthem
- At 7:40 AM before the marathon start, Michael Howland, a singer/actor from Iowa, sings the National Anthem
- Then he runs the marathon!
- His theatre credits include:
- Harold Hill (Music Man)(Best Actor winner)
- Robert Kincaid (Bridges of Madison County)
- The Baker and Narrator/Mysterious Man (Into The Woods - 2 productions)
- Dan (Next to Normal)
- Beast and later in another production, Lumiere (Beauty and The Beast)
- Bert (Mary Poppins) for which he won the Broadway World Award for Best Actor in a Musical 2019
- Enjolras (Les Misérables)
- Shrek and Farquaad (in 2 different productions of Shrek)
- Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors)
- Prince Eric (Mermaid)
- Kodaly (She Loves Me)
- One of his favorite roles of all time was Captain Hook in the stage play of Peter Pan at the Des Moines Playhouse.
- He puts on monthly cabarets at Pura Social Club and hosts Broadway Karaoke at Tallgrass.
- And if that doesn’t make you tired, Mike has run a marathon in 45 states, nearing his goal of all 50 + DC.
- He is also trying to sing The National Anthem in all 50 states. He has sung in 45 states thus far!
- He loves to lead worship at his church. He and his wife, Julie, have twins, Josiah and Sierra.
- Instagram
@runnerhowie
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Video on YouTube
September 11 Memorial:
- In memory of the 184 victims killed at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001,
and the thousands more killed that day in New York and Pennsylvania,
before the races, we ring a memorial bell 184 times at 7:45 AM and at 8:45 AM
Course:
- Totally flat gravel trail, alongside scenic C&O Canal Towpath
- The half marathon is out 6.5546875 miles to Towpath mile 9.65 (172 yards east of Billy Goat Trail) and back
- The full marathon is out'n'back twice
- How to place the mile marks
- Aid stations with water, Gatorade, and CarbBoom! (while supplies last) at 4 junctions with Canal Road & Clara Barton Parkway:
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Fletcher's Cove, miles 0, 13.1, and 26.2
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Lock 5, miles 1.8, 11.3, 14.9, and 24.4
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Lock 7, miles 3.8, 9.3, 16.9, and 22.4
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Lock 10, miles 5.8, 7.3, 18.9, and 20.4
Spectator Access:
Sponsors:
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- ACE Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Institute
- Seven convenient locations -- if it hurts, call ACe first at 703-205-1233
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- Healthier Wellness
Healthier is a wellness company located in the DMV, primarily offering IV nutrition therapy services, vitamin injections, advanced blood analysis, and a physician-led weight loss program. We are a female founded and female led company with a mission to help everyone live a little healthier. Our number one goal is to give our clients the vitality to be able to enjoy their lives fully, through optimizing how the body works under stress through IV hydration. IV therapy is a part of a more holistic and natural approach to maintaining health and promoting wellbeing. Behind the company you will meet Doctor Aleksandra Gajer and nurse Sabrina Matias. They are dedicated to helping you live a healthier life and feel great.
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- Red Top Cab
- For convenient pick-up at National Airport or anywhere into / outside Arlington, call Red Top Cab at 703-522-3333
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- Carb Boom! energy Gels
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Read all about Carb BOOM! energy Gels
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Pacers Running Store, 3100 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington VA 22201 (703-248-6883), and five other locations
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Simone Super Energy™
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www.simonesuperenergy.com
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Technical documentation by Dr. Charles Simone:
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Sponsor Us:
- Please join us a sponsor
- Please
write us
if you want to be an exhibitor or vendor.
- We announce our exhibitors and vendors two weeks before the race and list them on our t-shirt and web site
Race-Day Announcer:
History:
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www.britannica.com/biography/Abebe-Bikila
Read about Abebe Bikila's Olympic Marathon victory on September 10, 1960, in Rome, Italy, in 2:15:16.2.
• In addition to becoming a national hero for winning the gold medal, Bikila became famous for running it barefoot.
• He was the first black African to win an Olympic medal, and in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, he became the first man ever to win two Olympic marathons.
- Exclusive photos of Abebe Bikila's gravesite
Commemorations:
- To commemorate the anniversary of Abebe Bikila's Olympic Marathon victory in Rome, Italy, on September 10, 1960,
and Ethiopian New Year's Day on September 11 each year, we host an international cultural exhibition at the start / finish
hosted by Buy A Brick Foundation, building schools and hospital in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)
- We fondly remember Abebe Bikila Day founder and two-time Olympic boxer
Seifu Mekonnen
Volunteer:
Post-race:
- Specially-cast finisher medals, prizes, raffles, and on-course support to keep you pumped up, sponsored food and beverages and much more!
- You get a whole VIP experience with your victory celebration!
- We have everything to make this a great event.
- It is more than a race; it is global event embracing many communities, children and runners at once!
Awards:
- $1,000 in cash awards -- $250 for first overall M/F, $150 for 2nd M/F, $100 for 3rd M/F in the 9:00 AM full marathon
- SHF warm wooly hats, baseball caps in blue, red, and pink, pen knives, and insulated lunch bags
for 1st, 2nd, 3rd M/F overall and in 10-year age groups 19 & under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over
An SHF 2024 Grand Prix race:
- If you complete this event (half or full marathon), you are entered in SHF's 2024 Grand Prix Series.
- $100 cash award to anyone who completes all three SHF half or full marathons in 2024 - May 4, September 14, and October 19
We are proud to support:
Letters:
Read this inspiring message from Rosemary Spraker:
Dear Jay,
- Would it be possible for me to be assigned bib number 261?
- #261 was Kathrine Switzer's original Boston Marathon race number in 1967 and her 50th anniversary run in 2017.
- The BAA has now retired bib number 261. It has been my dream to be assigned #261 in a marathon!!!
- I was honored to run with Kathrine as her protector and sidekick during the 2017 Boston Marathon (see the pictures).
- I took the Facebook Live video of her in the middle of the marathon as well. See https://www.facebook.com/KathrineSwitzer/videos/1349804755087804
- I am a 261 Fearless Ambassador and fundraiser for her non-profit organization to empower women through the joy of running.
- I will share my marathon pictures and your marathon with Kathrine and the rest of the 261 Fearless worldwide network on www.261fearless.org and on social media.
- I appreciate your consideration. : )
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-- Rosemary Spraker
Dear Rosemary:
- I have #261 waiting for you! I was the guy you and Kathrine passed going up Heartbreak Hill wearing a "WIND ROMA TOTTI 10" t-shirt. I'll never forget you!
- -- Jay Jacob Wind
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Headphones and water belts
- Re personal listening devices, we follow USATF rule 144.3.b (Assistance to Athletes):
"The visible possession or use by athletes of video, audio, or communications devices in the competition area. The Games Committee for an LDR event may allow the use of portable listening devices not capable of receiving communication; however, those competing in championships for awards, medals, or prize money may not use such devices.
- Because we must be able to communicate instructions to you at certain points in our races, we specifically allow wearing headphones during the race, but we specifically prohibit wearing headphones at these points:
• Start line
• Aid stations
• Turnaround 1
• Midpoint
• Turnaround 2
• Finish line
- Since we offer prize money ($250, $150, $100 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd M/F), we ask you to follow this rule: if you expect to finish in the money, please don't wear headphones. Because of the specificity of Rule 144.3.b, we must disqualify potential money-winners whom we see wearing headphones or other two-way devices such as cell phones and the new talking wristbands. Sorry about that.
- You may carry water or wear a hydration vest, but won't it slow you down? We have aid stations with water and Gatorade roughly every two miles.
ABEBE BIKILA DAY
INTERNATIONAL
PEACE MARATHON & HALF ENTRY FORM
Make checks
payable to SHF 611
South Ivy Street,
Arlington VA 22204-2429
By
entering this event, I agree,
warrant and covenant as follows: I know that running is a potentially
hazardous
activity. I should not enter or run in competitive runs unless I am
medically
able and properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of a race
official
relative to my ability to safely complete the run. I assume all risks
associated with running in this race including, but not limited to,
CONTRACTION OF ILLNeSS INCLUDING COVID-19, falls,
contact with other participants, the effects of weather, including high
heat
and/or humidity, the conditions of the road and traffic on the course,
all such
risks being known and appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and
knowing these facts, and in consideration of your acceptance of my
application,
I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release
National Park Service, RRCA, USATF, Buy A Brick Foundation,
DC Capital Striders,
Safety And Health Foundation, and all sponsors, their directors, officers, employees,
agents;
representatives and successors from all claims or liabilities of any
kind
arising out of my participation in this event even though that liability
may
arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named
in
this waiver. I acknowledge that the application fee shall be
non-refundable. I agree that you may use my name and
likeness for publicity purposes.
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guardian if
under 18)
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Fees:
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[__] On or after April 1 - $80.00
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[__] On or after August 1 - $100.00
[__] $10 discount for members of supporting clubs and active-duty military
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[_] $25 State
[_] $50 Nation
[_] $100 Continent
[_] $250 World
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