Rock and Roll Marathon

[Anonymous]

If you ran it, what was your time - and your sex and age?

[Anonymous]

Female, over 50, 2:05 ish. Was aiming for under 2:00 but the Calvert Hill killed me and I never fully recovered. I thought it was a TERRIBLY organized race. I had to get my own water at several stops, there were no signs telling you the aid stations were there and I don't get me started about the gear check lines from hell.

I won't be doing another Rock and Roll event.

[Anonymous]

Who in my fair city approved this marathon? Shutting down the middle of Columbia Heights and Rock Creek on a Saturday morning is just plain stupid. Traffic from 16th to 11th was at a standstill for hours, not a few minutes, but hours. If you're going to do this, do it on a Sunday.

Signed-
Cranky mom who is a marathon runner

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Female, over 50, 2:05 ish. Was aiming for under 2:00 but the Calvert Hill killed me and I never fully recovered. I thought it was a TERRIBLY organized race. I had to get my own water at several stops, there were no signs telling you the aid stations were there and I don't get me started about the gear check lines from hell.

I won't be doing another Rock and Roll event.

I agree about the water and gear check. We waited in line for almost 40 minutes to get our gear.

[Anonymous]

Who in my fair city approved this marathon? Shutting down the middle of Columbia Heights and Rock Creek on a Saturday morning is just plain stupid. Traffic from 16th to 11th was at a standstill for hours, not a few minutes, but hours. If you're going to do this, do it on a Sunday.

Signed-
Cranky mom who is a marathon runner

Last year my time was 3:30, thats right 3 hours and 30 minutes....the time from Glover Park to a kids event in Chinatown. I wish there was some way of stopping these things. They just shut down the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Who in my fair city approved this marathon? Shutting down the middle of Columbia Heights and Rock Creek on a Saturday morning is just plain stupid. Traffic from 16th to 11th was at a standstill for hours, not a few minutes, but hours. If you're going to do this, do it on a Sunday.

Signed-
Cranky mom who is a marathon runner

Last year my time was 3:30, thats right 3 hours and 30 minutes....the time from Glover Park to a kids event in Chinatown. I wish there was some way of stopping these things. They just shut down the city.

It's called the metro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Who in my fair city approved this marathon? Shutting down the middle of Columbia Heights and Rock Creek on a Saturday morning is just plain stupid. Traffic from 16th to 11th was at a standstill for hours, not a few minutes, but hours. If you're going to do this, do it on a Sunday.

Signed-
Cranky mom who is a marathon runner

Last year my time was 3:30, thats right 3 hours and 30 minutes....the time from Glover Park to a kids event in Chinatown. I wish there was some way of stopping these things. They just shut down the city.

Never going to happen. Can't be a major city without at least on marathon. Why didn't you metro or stay out of the area in the morning? Everything is open by 11am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Who in my fair city approved this marathon? Shutting down the middle of Columbia Heights and Rock Creek on a Saturday morning is just plain stupid. Traffic from 16th to 11th was at a standstill for hours, not a few minutes, but hours. If you're going to do this, do it on a Sunday.

Signed-
Cranky mom who is a marathon runner

Last year my time was 3:30, thats right 3 hours and 30 minutes....the time from Glover Park to a kids event in Chinatown. I wish there was some way of stopping these things. They just shut down the city.

It's called the metro.

The metro? The same metro that was single tracking the orange line right at the finish line? Or, do you mean the metro that was running buses instead of trains at a major transfer point on the red line (ft totten)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Who in my fair city approved this marathon? Shutting down the middle of Columbia Heights and Rock Creek on a Saturday morning is just plain stupid. Traffic from 16th to 11th was at a standstill for hours, not a few minutes, but hours. If you're going to do this, do it on a Sunday.

Signed-
Cranky mom who is a marathon runner

Last year my time was 3:30, thats right 3 hours and 30 minutes....the time from Glover Park to a kids event in Chinatown. I wish there was some way of stopping these things. They just shut down the city.

It's called the metro.

You're funny. Not.

We live a block from the metro and use it regularly. Please explain how I was supposed to get my son to basketball from Columbia Heights to Wisconsin & S Street?

[Anonymous]

Our metro was closed this weekend for maintenance. That's right: closed for planned maintenance. On a race weekend. Great planning, DC!

[Anonymous]

Fuck the marathon. We were just sat in traffic for a while before going a brief, brief mention of it on NPR had us checking the our smartphones and showed that were were completely boxed in. There was no way for us to go north out of the city! There were also no signs or anothing to help let drivers know that they weren't going to get anywhere. We were able to abort our plan and found something else to do, but just annoying.

I lived in Boston for years and they know how to run a marathon!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Female, over 50, 2:05 ish. Was aiming for under 2:00 but the Calvert Hill killed me and I never fully recovered.

That's ... the half marathon, I take it? Rock on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Who in my fair city approved this marathon? Shutting down the middle of Columbia Heights and Rock Creek on a Saturday morning is just plain stupid. Traffic from 16th to 11th was at a standstill for hours, not a few minutes, but hours. If you're going to do this, do it on a Sunday.

Signed-
Cranky mom who is a marathon runner

Last year my time was 3:30, thats right 3 hours and 30 minutes....the time from Glover Park to a kids event in Chinatown. I wish there was some way of stopping these things. They just shut down the city.

It's called the metro.

You're funny. Not.

We live a block from the metro and use it regularly. Please explain how I was supposed to get my son to basketball from Columbia Heights to Wisconsin & S Street?

God forbid 30,000 people who want to run the marathon interfere with your sons basketball practice! I apologize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fuck the marathon. We were just sat in traffic for a while before going a brief, brief mention of it on NPR had us checking the our smartphones and showed that were were completely boxed in. There was no way for us to go north out of the city! There were also no signs or anothing to help let drivers know that they weren't going to get anywhere. We were able to abort our plan and found something else to do, but just annoying.

I lived in Boston for years and they know how to run a marathon!

DC knows how to run one as well. The Marine Corps Marathon is always on a Sunday in October and done very well. It doesn't cut through the center of the city, so folks aren't "boxed in" like you were PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Who in my fair city approved this marathon? Shutting down the middle of Columbia Heights and Rock Creek on a Saturday morning is just plain stupid. Traffic from 16th to 11th was at a standstill for hours, not a few minutes, but hours. If you're going to do this, do it on a Sunday.

Signed-
Cranky mom who is a marathon runner

Last year my time was 3:30, thats right 3 hours and 30 minutes....the time from Glover Park to a kids event in Chinatown. I wish there was some way of stopping these things. They just shut down the city.

It's called the metro.

You're funny. Not.

We live a block from the metro and use it regularly. Please explain how I was supposed to get my son to basketball from Columbia Heights to Wisconsin & S Street?

God forbid 30,000 people who want to run the marathon interfere with your sons basketball practice! I apologize.

I have no problem with folks running a marathon. I am a marathon runner. The issue is that the decision to run it on a Saturday in the middle of the city isn't a smart one. Do it on a Sunday when there's less traffic. Run it along the edge of the city like the Marine Corps. And don't give some smart ass response like "It's called the metro." Of course it's not the end of the world if my kid doesn't get to basketball practice. But if you saw the back-ups for hours that occurred this morning, you could likely presume that people couldn't get to more important things like their job or appointments. That's not okay.