1/2 MARATHON COURSE and TIMELINE

Sunday, January 18, 2009

8:25 AM – Wheelchair Start
8:30 AM – Entire Field Start – Wave
9:10 AM – Last person leaves the Start

By 7:30 AM all traffic control equipment should be set up and all traffic control personnel on post. The section overlapping the marathon course should be set by 6:30 AM. A “soft closure” should be in effect until 8:25 AM. At 8:25 AM the race starts and the course is completely sealed off to traffic (“hard closure”). Some traffic “metering” may be possible at the latter miles of the course if necessary. Metering should be discontinued as the first runner (wheelchair) passes each traffic position and not be resumed until the last participant has passed or the pack has thinned out enough to do so safely. Note that with a field as large as this one (20,000 projected) it will take a long time for the pack to thin out.

Measurements and Projected Road Opening Times:

• Start – Jefferson Street between 13th Ave and 14th Ave. Running east. Whole road. Start staging area is Wesley Bolin Memorial Park and State Capitol area bounded on four sides by 19th Ave, Jefferson Street, 12th Ave, and Adams/Washington Street, closed to traffic 4 AM to 10 AM.
• 0.4 – Left at 7th Ave. (whole road) Jefferson Street west of 7th Ave open to traffic by 9:30 AM.
• 1.2 – Cross Roosevelt Street, runners stay to northbound side of 7th Ave.
• 1.7 – Right at McDowell Road, whole road to past Central Ave then move to west bound side. 7th Ave. south of McDowell open to traffic at 10:15 AM.
• 2.1 – Cross Central Ave.
• 2.4 – Cross 3rd Street. 10 Freeway off ramps just south.
• 2.6 – Cross 7th Street. 10 Freeway off ramps just south.
• 2.9 – Cross 10th Street. Banner Hospital on the right. In/out hospital access on eastbound side of McDowell.
• 3.1 – Left at 12th Street (whole road).
• 3.3 – Right at Palm Lane (whole road). Speedbump.
• 3.5 – Right at 13th Street (whole road).
• 3.7 – Left at McDowell Road (westbound side). 12th, Palm and 13th open to traffic at 10:45 AM.
• 4.1 – Cross 16th Street. Move over to east bound side of McDowell at the intersection before the Chinese sign. West bound McDowell here open to traffic at 11:00 AM.
• 4.6 – Under the 51 freeway. Off ramps that access east or west bound McDowell Road closed 6 AM to 11 AM.
• 5.1 – Cross 24th Street. 202 Freeway off ramps just south.
• 6.1 – Cross 32nd Street. 202 Freeway off ramps just south.
• 7.1 – Cross 40th Street.
• 7.55 – Right at 44th Street (southbound side). Eastbound McDowell open to traffic at 11:30 AM.
• 8.0 – Under 202 freeway. Off ramps that access southbound 44 th Street closed 6 AM to noon.
• 8.55 – Left at Van Buren Street, eastbound side. Southbound 44 th Street open to traffic at noon.
• 9.0 – Cross 48th Street, beginning of hill.
• 9.6 – Under 202 freeway, flattens out past 52nd Street. Westbound 202 off ramp to Van Buren closed 6 AM to 1 PM. Eastbound off ramp open but right turn only (westbound) allowed on Van Buren.
• 9.7 – Condos on both sides, uphill again.
• 10.0 – Right at 56th Street. Car exit lane to runner's right.
• 10.2 – Left at Desert Drive, whole road.
• 10.25 – Left at Salt River Road, whole road.
• 10.4 – Left in to Oakland A’s baseball stadium parking lot.
• 10.55 – Right back out on to Van Buren, eastbound side.
• 10.4 – Cross Galvin Pkwy/Priest Drive – top of the hill. Eastbound Van Buren open to Galvin/Priest at 12:45 PM.
• 11.0 – SRP on the right, entering Tempe.
• 11.9 – Cross Washington/Curry to Mill Ave., southbound side over the bridge.
• 12.5 – Left at Rio Salado, eastbound side. Southbound Mill open to traffic at 1 PM.
• 12.85 – Right in to first parking lot entrance to ASU Sun Devil Stadium. Eastbound Rio Salado open to traffic at 1:30 PM.
• 12.9 – Left around cement island through parking lot.
• 13.1 – Finish in the parking lot at painted stripe between parking lot spaces 655 and 656

All half marathoners should be trained and prepared to finish within 4 hours (by 1:00 PM with wave start). The finish structure will be dismantled at 1:30 PM.