New Half-Marathon Route for Philadelphia Marathon
Runners participating in this year’s Philadelphia Marathon half-marathon will enjoy a scenic and historic new route. The new route will take runners through the footsteps of the founding fathers, as a press release put it, as it takes them by many of Philadelphia’s most recognizable sites. The route will snake through the Historic District as part of almost ten miles of city running past some of the city’s historical treasures.
The 2017 Philadelphia Half-Marathon will take runners on a whole new, historic course.
“The new Half-Marathon course features almost 10 miles of city running and promises to be the most exciting Half-Marathon course in city history,” Jim Marino, race director for the Philadelphia Marathon, said in a press release. “The new route includes dozens of historic points of interest, while providing more opportunities for crowds to lend their support.”
According to the same release, the list of landmarks that marathoners will run by is enormous. Sites on the new half-marathon route include: “The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, City Hall, the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the National Museum of American Jewish History, Ben Franklin’s Grave, the U.S. Mint, the National Constitution Center, Mother Bethel AME Church, the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square, the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Zoo, across the Girard Street Bridge and its sweeping vistas of the Schuylkill River, then on to Mount Pleasant Mansion, Boat House Row, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and many historic points in between.”
If you were thinking of running either the Philadelphia Marathon or Half-Marathon, there’s no time like the present to sign up. Today, specifically, in honor of Global Running Day (June 7) registration fees will be discounted for both the full Marathon ($20 off) and the half-marathon ($10 off) for the one-day period beginning at 12:00 a.m. today and ending at midnight, June 7th.
This year’s Philadelphia Marathon will take place Sunday, November 19th. The half-marathon will take place a day earlier.
