The Tatted Runner: Glass City Marathon - Race Weekend Info

Race day is almost here for the Glass City Marathon and as a 2015 race ambassador I wanted to pass along all the detailed info that will allow anyone who is running or spectating to have a great race weekend experience. Part two of this detailed list will be posted tomorrow so keep an eye out for that. To all who are running, good luck and have a great race!

Race Day Parking

Parking for a major event can be stressful, but if you plan to arrive early and use the maps and parking tips provided, your race day will start smoothly. Review our parking page and plan your parking location in advance.

Road Closures

Road Closures and controlled traffic in Toledo at Race start:

**University Hills & Bancroft - closed from 6:15am to 11:00am

**Secor Road from Kenwood to Bancroft closed from 6:45am to 11:00am

**Bancroft from Secor to University Hills closed 6:15am to 11:00am

Kenwood & Drummond closed 6:45am to 9:00am

Kenwood & Secor closed 6:45am to 11:00am

Brantford from Secor to Drummond closed from 7am to 11:00am

Ottawa Hills, some roads closed and highly congested, Bancroft Rd closed:
Kenwood from Secor to Ottawa Hills HS closed from 7 am to 8:00am
Indian Rd from Brantford to Talmadge will be closed from 7am to 8:30am
Various Rds within Ottawa Hills from Talmadge to Exmoor, controlled traffic from 7am to 8:00am
**Exmoor in Ottawa Hills to the Main Entrance of Wildwood on Central will be congested Controlled traffic, avoid 7:15am to 9:00am
**Central Ave from Reynolds to Corey Road will be congested, controlled traffic avoid from 7:15am - 12:30pm.

In Sylvania, the roads will be open, but very congested with controlled traffic:

King Rd between Brint and Central Ave. controlled traffic, avoid 8:00 to 11:00am

Intersection of Sylvania and King controlled traffic avoid 8:00am to 11:00am

Intersection of King and Brint controlled traffic avoid 8:00am to 11:00am

Convent Blvd near Lourdes controlled traffic avoid 8:00am and 11:00am

Vicksburg closed from 8am to 11am

Olander Park and Tam O Shanter will be congested from 8am to 11am

Entrance to Olander will be closed from 8am to 11am

Sylvania Avenue from Olander Park to Corey Rd, lane restrictions in place, avoid, 8:15 to 11:30am

Sylvania Avenue and McCord controlled traffic avoid 8:15am to 11:30am

Heading back into Toledo, Corey Rd Closed, Corey exit closed:

**Corey between Sylvania and Central - closed 8:15am to 12:30pm

**Corey exit from I475 closed from 8:15am to 12:30pm

**Bancroft and University Parks Trail cannot cross trail 7:45am to 12:30pm

**Richards at University Parks Trail cannot cross trail 7:45am to 12:30pm

Water Stop Locations

We offer plenty of water stops to keep you hydrated as well at offering nutrition as several stops. Plan your race by knowing where the Gu and Oranges are as well as Gatorade and Vaseline. The half marathon will share the first 6 water stops as the marathon, then two more around mile 9 and 11.

The 5K will offer one stop at mile 1.6.

Marathon and Relay water stops:

Water Stop #	MileMark	Water	Gatorade	Gu	Oranges	Vaseline	Port-a-John
START	0	x	x	x		x	x
1	1.5	x
2	3.5	x	x			x	x
3	4.3	x	x			x
4	5.4	x	x			x	x
5	7	x	x			x
6	8.2	x	x	x	x	x	x
7	9.9	x	x				x
8	11.3	x	x			x	x
9	12.5	x	x			x	x
10	13.5	x	x				x
11	14.6	x	x				x
12	16	x	x	x	x		x
13	16.9	x	x			x
14	17.58	x	x				x
15	19.25	x	x		x	x	x
XX	21.2	x	x	x	x		x
16	22	x	x		x
17	23.3	x	x			x
18	23.8	x	x		x		x
19	25	x	x

Meet Your Pacers

The Glass City Marathon offers pacers in both the marathon and the half marathon, sponsored by Dave's Running. Many of them will be available to talk with you at the expo from 10-6. Make sure to stop by and say hi! Check out their profiles on our site -->> PACER PROFILES

Marathon Pacers & Times

3:15 → Johathon Bolha & Brian Post
3:25 → Taylor Corbett
3:35 → Ben Scott & JP Miller
3:40 → Scott Perkins & David Seeley
3:55 → Aaron Stanley & Matt Wittenberg
4:10 → Chris Smith & Paul Carringer
4:25 → Jody Stanley & Dan Robinson
4:40 → Marie Bartoletti & Vince Connor
4:55 → Ken Fattmann & Stephanie Yon

Half Marathon Pacers & Times

1:30 → Rachel Kinsman
1:40 → Jay Layshock
1:50 → Gordon Greenland
2:00 → Dan Reisner
2:10 → Arya Jayatilaka
2:20 → John Rosatti

Race Course Maps

CLICK HERE for a downloadable PDF of the Glass City Marathon race map