ING NYC Marathon Information

Here are excerpts from the recent NYRR club council meeting notes.

Please urge your club members who plan to visit the ING New York City Marathon Health and Fitness Expo to do so on Thursday, October 29, if at all possible. The expo will be very crowded with out-of-town runners on Friday, October 30, and (especially) Saturday, October 31. Visiting on Thursday will allow local runners to avoid the crowds and should alleviate some of the crowding. Expo info: http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/expo.htm.

Local Competitive Program - Eligible runners from Team RRR have been notified.
Email has been sent out to all who have qualified to be in this program. If you log in to the marathon site, you will notice that your number has been updated to a new number between 500 - 900.

Corral:
The Local Competitive Program is designed to give a preferred starting position to those who meet a time standard based on gender and age. Your starting position will be at the front of the green start, Wave 1. This start is at 9:40am.

Your UPS Baggage truck will be the very first truck in a long line of UPS trucks. CLICK HERE FOR A START MAP.
Look for the UPS truck that has a green sign .
Keep in mind that your baggage truck is approximately ¼ mile away from the Local Competitive staging area. Please allow yourself enough time to check your bag and get back to your staging area before your group is moved to the start line.

Timeline:
6:00 am – Baggage Opens
8:30 am – Suggested baggage check
9:05 am – Wave 1 corrals close. Local Competitive athletes move onto the bridge, ahead of the general green start runners. If you are not in the Local Competitive staging area at this time, you will not be allowed the preferred starting position.
9:40 am – Wave 1 starts

Amenities
Amenities in this staging area will include:
Toilets
Bottled Water
Bagels
Gatorade
Powerbar
Please note that there will be limited quantities available. First come, first serve.

Course/Scoring
After mile 13 there will be mile splits at every mile (taken by Chronotrack.)

Course changes - There are SEVERAL changes on the course. Please forward this to anyone who is running the marathon this year:
Team RRR note: There are minor course changes because of construction projects and other issues. You will not need to worry about any of this unless you are out in front of the field. The most noticable changes will be:
- Some re-routing at the 8 mi mark merge
- Half marathon mark will now be before the bridge
- sharp turns (mostly in Queens) will be reduced
- An extra little around the block loop is added in the Bronx to make up for mileage lost from earlier changes.

Details on course changes:

CHANGE #1
Old Route for Blue/Green Course
- 4th Ave. N-bound in N-bound traffic lanes (92nd St to Ashland Pl)
- At jct. 4th Ave. /Hanson/Ashland, proceed N onto Ashland Pl. N-bound (4th Ave to Lafayette Ave)
- Right onto Lafayette Ave. at BAM (Ashland Pl to Bedford Ave)

New Route for Blue/Green Course
- 4th Ave. N-bound in N-bound traffic lanes (92nd St to Ashland Pl)
- Bear Left onto Flatbush Ave. N-bound in both N and S bound lanes – All courses will eventually merge into N-bound lanes (4th Ave to Lafayette Ave)
- Right onto Lafayette Ave. (Flatbush Ave to Bedford Ave)

CHANGE #2
Old Route
- North on Bedford Ave. (Lafayette Ave to 12th St)
- Left onto N. 12th St. (Lafayette Ave to Berry St)
- Right onto Berry St. Berry St. veers Right and becomes Nassau Ave. (12th St to Bedford Ave)
- At jct. Nassau/ Lorimer/Bedford, bear Left onto Bedford for one block (Lorimer St to Manhattan Ave)
- Left onto Manhattan Ave. (Bedford Ave to Greenpoint Ave)

New Route
- North on Bedford Ave. (Lafayette Ave to Nassau Ave)
- Right onto Nassau Ave. (Lorimer/Bedford to ManhattanAve)
- Left onto Manhattan Ave. (Nassau Ave to Greenpoint Ave)

CHANGE #3
Old Route
- North on McGuiness Blvd in S-bound lanes. (Greenpoint Ave to Jackson Ave)
- Sharp Left off Pulaski Bridge onto Jackson Ave. (49th Ave/Hunters Pt Ave to Vernon Blvd)
- Right onto 51st Ave. (Jackson Ave to Vernon Blvd)
- Immediate Right onto N-bound traffic lanes of Vernon Blvd. (51st Ave to 10th St)

New Route
- North on McGuiness Blvd in S-bound lanes. (Greenpoint Ave to 48th Ave)
- Left onto 48th Ave. (McGuiness Blvd to Vernon Blvd)
- Right onto N-bound traffic lanes of Vernon Blvd. (48th Ave to 10th St)

CHANGE #4
Old Route
- Bear Right onto 10th St., continue across 44th Drive (Vernon Blvd to 44th Rd)
- Turn Right onto 44th Road (10th St to 21st St)
- Turn Right onto 21st St. (44th Rd to 44th Dr)
- Turn Left onto 44th Drive (21st St to Hunter St)

New Route
- Bear Right onto 10th St. (Vernon Blvd to 44th Dr)
- Turn Right onto 44th Dr (10th St to Hunter St)

CHANGE #5
Old Route
- North on Willis Ave. Bridge (1st Ave to Willis Ave)
- Turn Left onto E 135th Street (Willis Ave to Alexander Ave)
- Turn Right onto Alexander Ave. (135th St to 138th St)
- Turn Left onto E 138th Street, Continue in W-bound traffic lanes of 138th St. (Alexander Ave to Madison Ave Bridge)

New Route
- North on Willis Ave. Bridge (1st Ave to Willis Ave)
- Turn Left onto E 135th Street (Willis Ave to Alexander Ave)
- Turn Right onto Alexander Ave. (135th St to 138th St)
- Turn Left onto 138th St (Alexander Ave to Morris Ave)
- Turn Right onto Morris Ave (138th St to 140th St)
- Turn Left onto 140th St (Morris Ave to Rider Ave)
- Turn Left onto Rider Ave
(140th St to 138th St)
- Turn Right onto 138th St and Continue in W-bound traffic lanes (Rider Ave to Madison Ave Bridge)

Please click on link below for a map of marathon course.
http://nycmarathon.org/documents/INGNYCM09_Map_Large_Rev_100909.pdf

ChronoTrack
Race will be scored with ChronoTrack. Please click on the link below for more information on how to put on the ChronoTrack D-Tag properly
http://nycmarathon.org/race_scoring.htm

o 9+1 Volunteering
Volunteering for Marathon itself will not count towards 9+1 due to lack of resources for checking in and checking out of volunteers.

o Marathon Application
The Marathon application for next year will go live the Monday after this year's marathon. This is ONLY FOR LOTTERY. Guaranteed entry will be same as last year.