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9½th annual Potomac River Run Marathon & Half Marathon

Carderock Recreation Area - C&O Canal Towpath

Sunday, November 18, 2012 @ 9:00 AM

 

Date

Start: Sunday, November 18, 2012 @ 9:00 AM

Address

Carderock Recreation Area - C&O Canal Towpath
Off Clara Barton Parkway Carderock, MD

Fees

  • We welcome 350 entrants

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    Category Price Now Advantage
    Participants: Non-Members $100.00
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    $10 on activity registrations
    Members of supporting clubs or sponsors $90.00
    Half Marathon $69.00
    Transfer Fee $10.00

    Brief Description

  • In memory of Dean Shulman (1961-2012)
  • We welcome 350 entrants to the easiest marathon in America
  • [Register Now] to enter
  • Enter by mail
  • On historic C&O Canal Towpath from Carderock to Chain Bridge & back
  • Flat shady tree-lined scenic river views - the marathon you always dreamed of!

    • Start Time

  • 9:00 AM Competitive Start
  • If you need more than five hours to finish, please take the Early Bird Start at 8:00 AM

    • Easy!

  • The easiest marathon in America!
  • No hills, no turns, no street crossings, almost no pavement
  • Featuring an inter-club team challenge

    • Teams

  • All-male and all-female teams
  • Up to 15 on a team, top 3 score (just like Boston)!
  • Use this race to practice your Boston Marathon team strategy

    • $20 discount for 2012 New York City Marathoners

  • If you registered for the cancelled 2012 New York City Marathon, we have a place for you
  • Click [X] I am a 2012 New York City Marathon refugee to enter for $20 off

    • Boston 2014 qualifier

  • USATF-certified course MD-09009-RT
  • We send our results to Boston Athletic Association immediately after the race
  • At our marathon on May 6, 2012, 10% of our finishers (29 of 280) qualified for Boston
  • The competitive start had the fastest median time of any small marathon -- 3:55
  • You can use this race to improve your qualifying time for Boston 2013 -- $10 off for anyone who has entered Boston 2013

    • Half Marathon option

  • You may register just for the half marathon - $49 by October 31, $59 by November 14, $69 after November 14. Same medals, same refreshments, same finisher certificates by mail, no awards, no teams

    • Member Price

  • If you are member of one of our supporting clubs or charities or 50-state and 100-marathon clubs, you get a $10 discount

    • Non-Member Price

  • If you neither a member of one of our supporting clubs or a sponsor, your entry fee is the non-member price.

    • Course Maps

  • USATF-certified course MD09011RT -- A Boston Marathon qualifier
  • Almost totally flat course -- highest point is 44m above sea level, lowest point is 12m above sea level
  • Annotated course map with aid stations and spectator access

    • About BuyABrickFoundation

    We have distributed more than a 1000 pairs of reading glasses and sunglasses; delivered thousands of kilos of food to starving people in town and in the bush; sponsored school fees and purchased school supplies for hundreds of children; built multiple toilets on village school grounds; repaired and installed water well pumps; and restored power to village schools that had been without power for almost a year. In August 2012, we finished our seventh school block.

    Limit

  • Limited to the first 350 entrants

    • Pre-race packet pick-up

  • Saturday, November 17, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Georgetown Running Company, 3401 M Street NW, Washington DC
  • Includes late registration
  • Followed by pre-race dinner, Saturday, November 17, 6:30 PM at Cosi Restaurant, 1801 North Lynn Street, Arlington VA, with guest speaker

    • Race-Day Packet pick-up

  • Sunday, November 18, 7:15–8:45 AM, at Carderock Recreation Area
  • Please, no race-day registration

    • Directions

  • Take I-495 to Exit 41, Clara Barton Parkway westbound
  • Go one mile west on Clara Barton Parkway
  • Bear right and take first exit on right (Carderock to left, NavSurfWarCen to right)
  • Turn left at top of bridge to go over Clara Barton Parkway. Continue through tunnel under C&O Canal Towpath
  • At the t-intersection, turn right and go to the westernmost parking lot

    • Parking

  • On-site parking is limited to 150 vehicles
  • We encourage you to carpool or use our Facebook page to share a ride.

    • Race-Day Events

  • 7:55 AM -- Official welcome for Early Bird Start
  • 8:00 AM -- Early Bird Start
  • 8:15-8:45 -- Warmup
  • 8:50 AM -- The National Anthem
  • 8:55 AM -- Official welcome for Competitive Start
  • 9:00 AM -- Competitive Start
  • We present awards at the finish line immediately as competitive starters finish

    • Host Hotel

  • Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee Highway Arlington VA 22209 (1-800-676-2959, 703-524-6400) - $129/night
  • Group Number MCMMCMA -- Reserve on-line or by phone by November 1

    • Sponsors

     

    Additional Information

  • We welcome 350 entrants
  • This event is a “green” race, recognizing our stewardship of our environment
  • This unique out-and-back course runs through one of the area's first environmentally-protected zones, dating back to the 1830's
  • Watch for deer and other wildlife at dawn
  • The C&O Canal for its entire 183-mile length is a swath of green amidst urban development all around
  • The race course is a narrow (12-foot) wide unpaved trail, entirely flat, past 150-year-old locks and gatehouses
  • We offer water and aid stations at the locks roughly every two miles
  • We share the course with other users and bicyclists, so stay to the right.
  • To emphasize our commitment to conservation
    • All our printing is two-sided on recycled paper
    • We offer on-line paperless entry
    • You may bring your used (but not abused) running shoes to packet pick-up for recycling
    • Our t-shirts are printed using a non-polluting fusion process, rather than traditional screen printing
    • Post-race, we recycle all our race-day wastes
  • Assisted by partner charities and affiliated running clubs

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