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Name: The Broad Street Run
Rating: Gold based on 37 reviews
Distance: 10.00 miles / 16.09 km
Location: Start: Fisher And Broad
Broad Street - Philadelphia, PA, US
Attributes: point-to-point, all flat, roads
Description: Downhill 10 Mile Run. USATF Certification PA 99008 WB
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Added by Bill Brasington on 2/13/2007
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Rating: Route rating: Gold
by: Mark Andrew on 5/26/2009 11:43:43 AM
First Broad Street Run. This run reminds me of the ACS Ride in July. Too many people. There needs to be a cut off to keep it safe and fun. Cutoff should be 20,000. Corrals were a good idea.

Rating: Route rating: Bronze
by: nick tinari on 5/6/2009 7:55:02 AM
used to be a fun race, great times etc. But anything run by the city of philadelphia eventually goes to shit. the race is ridiculously overcrowded. this year there were no pace markers at the starting line. the 26,000 field was only broken into 4 sections, so you had thousands of runners of wide abilities grouped together. fast course ? not unless you are a seeded runner. everyone else is toe to heel on top of each other the entire course. This year the web site advertised both street lanes open through oregon avenue (near the 9 mile mark), but at 6 miles, where the race doglegs around the hulking city hall, the course narrowed to one, only the south bound lane. the inevitable squeeze had runners piling up on top of each other between miles 5 and 6. Add to this that the city is installing foot high concrete medians at many intersections, so there are pileups whenever one of those is encountered. People new to running enjoy it as their longest race to date, but it is no longer a serious race, more like an expensive 10 mile line for a bottle of water and a bananna.

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by: bm on 5/3/2009 11:01:22 AM
Never wear anything new on race day. You don't know how it will feel after a few miles. This includes new gels, drinks, bars, etc...NEVER TRY ANYTHING NEW ON RACE DAY. (Yes, I shouted it!)


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