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Fletcher's Cove

Sunday, May 5, 2013 @ 8:00 AM

 

Date

Start: Sunday, May 5, 2013 @ 8:00 AM

Address

Fletcher's Cove
4940 Canal Road Washington, DC

Fees

  • We welcome the first 300 entrants

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    Category Price Now Advantage
    Donation $10.00
    Save up to
    $10 on activity registrations
    Participants: Non-Members $100.00
    Members of supporting clubs or sponsors $45.00
    Transfer Fee $10.00
    Sponsors & Exhibitors $0.00

    Brief Description

  • We welcome 300 entrants to the easiest marathon in America
  • Click [Register Now]
  • Enter by mail
  • Our web page
  • Celebrating World Laughter Day
  • 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!

    • Limit

  • Limited to the first 300 entrants

    • Celebrating

  • The easiest marathon in America!
  • World Laughter Day!

    • Boston 2014 qualifier

  • We report our results to BAA immediately after the marathon

    • Start Time

  • 8:00 AM Competitive Start
  • If you need more than five hours to finish, you may take the Early Bird Start at 7:00 AM

    • 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 MCC 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
  • Maps of aid stations and spectator access points

    • Haiti Relief Fund

  • You may donate an additional amount via our race to American Red Cross specifically for relief in Haiti.
  • We send 100% of these donations to American Red Cross International Response Fund to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.

    • Pre-race packet pick-up

  • Saturday, May 4, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Georgetown Running Company, 3401 M Street NW, Washington DC
  • No late registration
  • Followed by pre-race dinner, Saturday, May 4, 6:30 PM at Cosi Restaurant, 1801 North Lynn Street, Arlington VA, with a guest speaker

    • Race-Day Packet pick-up

  • Sunday, May 5, 6:15–7:45 AM, at Fletcher's Cove, 4940 Canal Road, Washington DC
  • Please, no race-day registration

    • Directions

  • From Georgetown, take M Street west
  • At Foxhall Road, M Street becomes Canal Road
  • Continue about 1.5 miles west to sign for Fletcher's Cove on the left
  • CAREFULLY, turn left (crossing eastbound traffic) onto driveway and stay right to continue though tunnel to free parking
  • Alternatively, turn right at Reservoir Road and park along the street

    • 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

  • 6:55 AM -- Official welcome for Early Bird Start
  • 7:00 AM -- Early Bird Start
  • 7:15-7:45 -- Laughing warmup with a stand-up comedian (in picnic area)
  • 7:50 AM -- The National Anthem, played by Michael Creadon, Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps
  • 7:55 AM -- Official welcome for Competitive Start
  • 8:00 AM -- Competitive Start
  • Awards immediately as competitive starters finish

    • Host Hotel

  • Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee Highway Arlington VA 22209 (1-800-676-2959, 703-524-6400)
  • Group Number MCMMCMA -- Reserve on-line or by phone by April 15

    • Sponsors

     

    Additional Information

  • We welcome 300 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

    • Map

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