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Lower Potomac River Run Information
Start/Finish at Paul Hall Center, Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Piney Point, MD. Enjoy a post-race hot meal and a waterfront view in the well-appointed dining room of the Paul Hall Center, and linger at your table for the awards presentation. Showers available.
Medals to all finishers. Cash prizes ($250, $150, $100) to the top three men and women overall. Awards to the top three finishers in ten-year age groups.
Race Start: 7:15 a.m. Reminder - Daylight Saving Time starts at 2:00 a.m. on March 14, so you'll be losing an hour the night before the race. Don't forget to set your clock AHEAD one hour the night before.
Packet pickup will be held on Saturday, March 13, from 2:00 to 6:00 pm at the Paul Hall Center, Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. You may pick up your packet at the venue on race morning beginning at 6:30 a.m.
Safety: There are no road closures. Traffic is generally very light on Rte 249, St. George Island, and Lighthouse Road. Rte 249 has 12' wide, paved shoulders to safely accommodate runners. Runners will run on the left side of the roads, facing traffic, throughout the marathon course. St. George Island and Lighthouse Road are residential. The roads are paved, but have no shoulders. Stay to your left at all times. Course marshals will be on hand to direct any traffic to ensure unimpeded passage by the runners. A police officer will be stationed at the north turnaround point to ensure that runners cross Rte 249 unimpeded by traffic. Bicyclists will also patrol the course. Although you head out and back on Rte 249, please consider this segment of the course a loop, and DO NOT CROSS RTE 249 except at the policed crossover at Mile 18.8. There are ample water/aid stations, so you shouldn't need to cross the highway for water or drink. If you absolutely must cross in an emergency, please remember that there are no road closures, and exercise caution - look both ways!
Please, no headsets/earbuds or other portable listening devices, pets, strollers, baby joggers, bicycles (other than official bicycle marshals), Sherpas, unregistered runners, or rollerblades/skates on the course.
Water/Aid: There will be water/aid stations approximately every two miles, and portable toilets on the course. Ultima Replenisher is the official hydration beverage. Energy gels will be offered at the aid station at Cedar Cove Lane, approx. at mile 14.6.
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