Safety And Health Foundation

Safety And Health Foundation

www.safetyandfoundation.org

Safety And Health Foundation organizes three marathons & half marathons each year, plus Georgetown  Half Marathon, all starting and finishing at Fletcher's Cove, 4940 Canal Road NW, Washington DC. 

 ACE Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Institute sponsors the three marathons.  All three are USATF-certified courses and Boston / Olympic Trials qualifiers.

Potomac River Run Marathon & Half and Abebe Bikila Day International Peace Marathon & Half

C&O Canal Towpath at Fletcher's Cove, 4940 Canal Road NW, Washington DC 20007

Souvenir bag assembly and early bird packet pick-up

Thursday, 2 days before the race

• 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Assemble  sturdy green souvenir bags at ACE Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Institute, 2841 Hartland Road, #401B, Falls Church VA 22043 
• 3:00 PM to 6:45 PM - Early bird packet pick-up at ACE 
• 7:00 PM - Early bird packet pick-up ends

Pre-race packet pick-up

Friday, 1 day before the race

• 12:00 noon to 5:45 PM - Pre-race packet pick-up at Pacers Running Store of Clarendon, 3100 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington VA 22201
• Parking is free for 60 minutes under Trader Joe's.  Enter at 1100 North Garfield Street, take the elevator up to store level, validate your ticket, exit out the front door, cross Highland Street, and enter Pacers
• Buy something as you walk through Trader Joe's!  Buy something at Pacers!

Pre-race dinner

Friday, 1 day before the race (May and October only)

• 6:30 PM - Pre-race dinner at Bronx Pizza, next door to Pacers, also at 3100 Clarendon Boulevard, one door west of Pacers
• $10 by pre-registration, $15 at the door - All you can eat - the pizza is good, but drop the gun, take the calzone
• 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM - Limited packet pick-up by specific arrangement with the race director.  Email RACEDIRECTOR@ATT.NET subject line "PACKET PICK-UP 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM ON FRIDAY. MAY 4"

Race-Day Events

Saturday of the race

• 6:30 AM - Race-day packet pick-up opens at lower level in front of Fletcher's Boathouse -  NO RACE-DAY REGISTRATION
• 6:55 AM - 7:15 AM - Red Top Cab service begins from Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Richmod Highway, Arlington VA, to Abner Cloud House at 4940 Canal Road.  Walk down the ramp to the start line and down the stairs to the picnic tables at the lower level
• 7:00 AM - Pre-race refreshments and coffee service at the lower level
• (May only) 7:30 AM - Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Patricia Linderman leads laughing warm-up at upper level on C&O Canal Towpath
• (May only) 7:45 AM - US Army 1st Sgt Michael Creadon trumpeter plays National Anthem at upper level
• 7:50 AM - Pre-race instructions by race director at upper level
• 8:00 AM - Marathon starts at upper level - WebScorer starts publishing RFID-collected results
• (May only) 7:30 AM - Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Patricia Linderman leads laughing warm-up at upper level on the upper level
• 8:45 AM - National Anthem at upper level
• 9:00 AM - Half Marathon starts at upper level
• 10:00 AM - Post-race refreshments at upper level near finish line and post-race picnic at lower level 
• 11:00 AM - Half marathon awards at upper level near finish line - spiffy SHF-logo insulated lunch bags cooler to top 3 M/F plus top 3 M/F in 10-year age groups
• (September only) 11:00 AM African music concert led by Anna Mwalagho
• 12:30 PM - Full marathon awards at upper level near finish line - $250, $150, $100 to top 3 M/F, awards to top 3 M/F plus top 3 M/F in 10-year age groups
• 1:15 PM - Aid station at Lock 10 shuts down
• 1:30 PM - Aid station at Lock 7 shuts down
• 1:45 PM - Aid station at Lock 5 shuts down
• 2:00 PM - Finish line begins to shut down but timing system stay up until the last finisher
• 3:00 PM - Everything shuts down, we clean up, pack up, and check out
• 6:00 PM - SHF publishes manually-collected results
• (May only) 6:30 PM - Settle down to watch 2023 Kentucky Derby - Post time is 6:57 PM