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Calling all runners! Join us as we officially kick off the AACR Philadelphia Marathon 26.2 Training season with Bart Yasso, Mark Sullivan (Runner of all 26 Philadelphia Marathons), and our friends at PHILADELPHIA RUNNER! Bart Yasso has been dubbed the “mayor of running” throughout his 31-year career at Runner's World magazine, where he served as the Chief Running Officer and is one of a few people to have completed races on all seven continents. We are so excited to have Bart with us to kick-off this training run with distances of 3, 6 or 8 miles. NOTE: You do not need to be a marathon runner to join us, in fact we would love all Blue Cross Broad Street Runners to join us! Everyone will gather at the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) Steps starting at 7:00am to warm up and take a photo. The run will start promptly at 7:30am. We will head out as a group and break off according to distance (3, 6, or 8 miles) and pace.
Choose your distance and FINISH on MLK Drive at the Pergola before the skate park, where we will have bananas and water for all runners and the opportunity to engage with some of our partners until 10:00am! If you are new to the area, we will pass the finish area as we run out to the different turnaround areas. It is close to the Philadelphia Museum of Art!
Runners can park in River Field (space may be limited as other cars park here) or close to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and walk to the finish area on MLK to drop any items you may want post-run. There will not be a gear check, but there will be a "gear area' with plenty of space and staff around to watch over “non-valuable” items. Those who do not have anything to drop off can go directly to the base of art museum steps.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, United States