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Abebe Bikila Day
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ANNA MWALAGHO
11:00 AM to 12:00 noon
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2016 Photos by Charlie Milsop
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- Video! Eden Glenn's video of the 9:00 AM group | Eden is the girl with black NIKe hat
- September 7, 2024
- September 5, 2025
Rome, Italy, September 10, 1960
Wearing shoes, he again won the 1964 Olympic Marathon
Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 1964 (photo below)
Read everything about Abebe Bikila's victory
Those were the feet
that accomplished the feat
of conquering the street
that ran through Rome
who robbed his home
where they sacked
the obelisk -- but he won back
© 2018 by Karla McDuffie and SHF
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- Depending on conditions, September 9, 2023, may be the final Saturday to qualify for 2023 Boston Marathon
- We submit marathon finisher times to Boston Athletic Association by 9:59 AM on Monday, September 12, 2022
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- 8:00 AM - Competitive marathon start -- All marathon award winners must take the 8:00 AM marathon start
- 9:00 AM - Competitive half-marathon start -- All half-marathon award winners must take the 9:00 AM start
- 8:00 AM - Non-competitive half-marathon start -- A few awards
- All finishers receive medals and post-race picnic
- Full marathon is a qualifying race for Boston Marathon
- Half and full marathon are both qualifying races for Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and Olympic Trials Marathons
- Change your start time to 9:00 AM or 8:00 AM or distance to full or half or vice versa
- Totally flat gravel trail, alongside scenic C&O Canal Towpath
- The half marathon is out 6.5546875 miles to Towpath mile 9.65 (172 yards east of Billy Goat Trail) and back
- The full marathon is out'n'back twice
- How to place the mile marks
- Aid stations with music, water, and Gatorade at 4 junctions with Canal Road & Clara Barton Parkway:
• Fletcher's Cove, miles 0, 13.1, and 26.2 - Lock 5, miles 1.8, 11.3, 14.9, and 24.4
- Lock 7, miles 3.8, 9.3, 16.9, and 22.4
- Lock 10, miles 5.8, 7.3, 18.9, and 20.4
- At the 4 points above, plus:
- Under Chain Bridge
- Lock 6
- Lock 8
- Lock 9
- Lock 11
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History:
Read about Abebe Bikila's Olympic Marathon victory on September 10, 1960, in Rome, Italy, in 2:15:16.2.
• In addition to becoming a national hero for winning the gold medal, Bikila became famous for running it barefoot.
• He was the first black African to win an Olympic medal, and in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, he became the first man ever to win two Olympic marathons.
September 11 Memorial:
and the thousands more killed that day in New York and Pennsylvania,
before the races, we ring a memorial bell 184 times at 7:45 AM and at 8:45 AM
Commemorations:
Post-race:
Awards:
for 1st, 2nd, 3rd M/F overall and in 10-year age groups 19 & under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over
Parking:
Off-Site Parking Options:
Off-Site Transportation Options:
• The taxis do not enter the small parking area at Fletcher's Cove next to Canal Road.
• If you booked a one-way Red Top Cab, after you finish your race, please ask the announcer to page the crowd for a ride back. Almost everyone who drives to the race goes back via Georgetown and Key Bridge.
• If you booked a round-trip Red Top Cab, after you finish, please form a group of four and ask the dispatcher (look for the sign near the picnic tabl0e) to call a Red Top Cab for you.
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Results:
Headphones and water belts
• Start line
• Aid stations
• Turnaround 1
• Midpoint
• Turnaround 2
• Finish line