• Philadelphia,
    Pennsylvania,
    United States
  • May
  • 10 miles, Virtual Race
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Chadd

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
59 46
2015
"Broad Street Run #2!"
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Chadd 's thoughts:

The Broad Street Run is hands down the best race Philadelphia has to offer.

I cant emphasize those words enough. The Broad Street Run IS Philadelphia. It is the one run of the year that gets the entire city buzzing. It is named the Broad Street Run because it is a 10 mile course that takes you through the entire city of Philadelphia, right down Broad Street. You start in North Philadelphia, make your way through Center City passed City Hall and finish in South Philly down by the stadiums and all those cheesesteak places you hear about.

If you are not from Philadelphia and ever want to run in this city, this is the race for you. If you live in Philadelphia and have never run this race, what are you waiting for? Even if you are not a runner you feel the buzz of Broad Street. The reason being is because of how large the run is.

Over 40,000 run this race. You read that correctly, over 40 THOUSAND. That's bigger than the following marathons: Boston, Honolulu, LA, Marine Corps, Disney, Twin Cities, Houston, Ottawa and even Philly's own Marathon. This 10 mile race is just as big as the Chicago Marathon and the only Marathon bigger than this race is New York.

It is safe to say the Broad Street Run is the largest 10 mile race in the country. The city of Philadelphia buzzes the weekend of the Broad Street Run like no other race in Philadelphia.

The 2015 race was no different. The course was amazing as usual. It is just a straight shot down Broad Street until you get to the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia. Along the 10 miles you pass by Temple University, the large skyscrapers that make up center city, the famous Row Homes from the Rocky movies in South Philly and finally the stadiums where the Eagles, Phillies and Flyers play. There is so much to see just on this 10 mile course. With 40,000 people the course does tend to get a bit crowded, especially at the starting line) but within a few miles it clears up.

And Philadelphia comes out for this race. The majority of the course is filled with spectators cheering along side everyone. If there are 40,000 runners on the course, there are probably another 5-10,000 spectators covering the sidewalks and cheering everyone on.

In 2015 the only criticism I had was the finish line and getting your medal. As someone who prides himself on collecting racing medals I always like to make sure I get one. In most large races they have a handful of volunteers handing out medals as soon as you cross the finish line. This year you had to walk a long way and had to find the person giving out the medal. For me I found someone literally unwrapping them from a box and giving them to people who walked up to them. Unfortunately it was only one person so you had to huddle around the person with your hand out and wait a few minutes so he could give them out. I don't know what they were thinking with this, but it made getting a medal way too difficult.

Overall it is an amazing run and THE race you should run if you ever want to run in Philadelphia.

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