New York Road Runner
Club Council Meeting Notes
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Please note:
Please urge your club members who plan to visit the ING New York City Marathon Health and Fitness Expo to do so on Thursday, October 29, if at all possible. The expo will be very crowded with out-of-town runners on Friday, October 30, and (especially) Saturday, October 31. Visiting on Thursday will allow local runners to avoid the crowds and should alleviate some of the crowding. Expo info: http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/expo.htm.

·  ING NYC Marathon
Transportation
·        Vehicles placards will be sent out the week of the marathon.  If anyone has any additional requests, email Drea Braxmeier @ dbraxmeier@... <mailto:dbraxmeier@...>

·        Teams chartering buses and going across the Verrazano Bridge should plan to be at the foot of the bridge by 6:30am.  Marshals will direct buses to the right most lane on the toll plaza in Staten Island to unload

·        Teams chartering buses and getting to Staten Island via New Jersey should take Exit 15 (Lily Pond Exit) and unload underneath the overpass on Lily Pond Avenue.  Marshals will be in the area to provide direction

·        We have eliminated the 4am and 4:30 New York Public Library bus loading time slots therefore reducing the wait time at the start by 1 hour.  The increased assigning of the ferries allowed us to make this change.  Due to the high volume of runners at each of the transportation timeslots (buses & ferries) NYRR advises all runners to listen to their assigned timeslot so all runners can make it to the start comfortably and on time!

·        NYRR advises everyone to take the subway to get to their assigned transportation location to minimize the traffic on the streets

·        Bus staging area at the finish will be in the same location as last year-Central Park West between 86th Street & 96th Street.



Local Competitive Program
Email has been sent out to all who have qualified to be in this program. If you log in to the marathon site, you will notice that your number has been updated to a new number between 500 - 900.
Corral
                       
The Local Competitive Program is designed to give a preferred starting position to those who meet a time standard based on gender and age.  Your starting position will be at the front of the green start, Wave 1.  This start is at 9:40am.

Your UPS Baggage truck will be the very first truck in a long line of UPS trucks.  CLICK HERE FOR A START MAP. <http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/documents/Local_Competitive_Start_Layout.pdf>
Look for the UPS truck that has a green sign .
Keep in mind that your baggage truck is approximately Ï€ mile away from the Local Competitive staging area.  Please allow yourself enough time to check your bag and get back to your staging area before your group is moved to the start line.

Timeline:
6:00 am – Baggage Opens
8:30 am – Suggested baggage check
9:05 am – Wave 1 corrals close.  Local Competitive athletes move onto the bridge, ahead of the general green start runners.  If you are not in the Local Competitive staging area at this time, you will not be allowed the preferred starting position.
9:40 am – Wave 1 starts
 
Amenities
                Amenities in this staging area will include:
                                Toilets
                                Bottled Water
                                Bagels
                                Gatorade
                                Powerbar
                Please note that there will be limited quantities available. First come, first serve.

Course/Scoring
After mile 13 there will be mile splits at every mile (taken by Chronotrack.)
        Course changes
                        There are SEVERAL changes on the course. Please forward this to anyone who is running the marathon this year:

CHANGE #1
Old Route for Blue/Green Course
- 4th Ave. N-bound in N-bound traffic lanes (92nd St to Ashland Pl)
- At jct. 4th Ave. /Hanson/Ashland, proceed N onto Ashland Pl. N-bound (4th Ave to Lafayette Ave)
- Right onto Lafayette Ave. at BAM (Ashland Pl to Bedford Ave)

New Route for Blue/Green Course
-          4th Ave. N-bound in N-bound traffic lanes (92nd St to Ashland Pl)
-          Bear Left onto Flatbush Ave. N-bound  in  both N and S bound lanes – All courses will eventually merge into N-bound lanes (4th Ave to Lafayette Ave)
- Right onto Lafayette Ave. (Flatbush Ave to Bedford Ave)
 
CHANGE #2
Old Route
-         North on Bedford Ave. (Lafayette Ave to 12th St)
-          Left onto N. 12th St. (Lafayette Ave to Berry St)
-          Right onto Berry St. Berry St. veers Right and becomes Nassau Ave. (12th St to Bedford Ave)
-          At jct. Nassau/ Lorimer/Bedford, bear Left onto Bedford for one block (Lorimer St to Manhattan Ave)
-          Left onto Manhattan Ave. (Bedford Ave to Greenpoint Ave)

New Route
-         North on Bedford Ave. (Lafayette Ave to Nassau Ave)
-         Right onto  Nassau Ave. (Lorimer/Bedford to ManhattanAve)
-          Left onto Manhattan Ave. (Nassau Ave to Greenpoint Ave)
 
CHANGE #3
Old Route
-          North on McGuiness Blvd in S-bound lanes. (Greenpoint Ave to Jackson Ave)
-          Sharp Left off Pulaski Bridge onto Jackson Ave. (49th Ave/Hunters Pt Ave to Vernon Blvd)
-          Right onto 51st Ave. (Jackson Ave to Vernon Blvd)
-          Immediate Right onto N-bound traffic lanes of Vernon Blvd. (51st Ave to 10th St)

New Route
-          North on McGuiness Blvd in S-bound lanes. (Greenpoint Ave to 48th Ave)
-          Left onto 48th Ave. (McGuiness Blvd to Vernon Blvd)
-          Right onto N-bound traffic lanes of Vernon Blvd. (48th Ave to  10th St)
 
CHANGE #4
Old Route
- Bear Right onto 10th St., continue across 44th Drive (Vernon Blvd to
44th Rd)
- Turn Right onto 44th Road (10th St to 21st St)
-          Turn Right onto 21st St. (44th Rd to 44th Dr)
-          Turn Left onto 44th Drive (21st St to Hunter St)
-         
-         New Route
-         - Bear Right onto 10th St. (Vernon Blvd to  44th Dr)
-         - Turn Right onto 44th Dr (10th St to Hunter St)
 
CHANGE #5
Old Route
-         North on Willis Ave. Bridge (1st Ave to Willis Ave)
-          Turn Left onto E 135th Street (Willis Ave to Alexander Ave)
-          Turn Right onto Alexander Ave. (135th St to 138th St)
-          Turn Left onto E 138th Street, Continue in W-bound traffic lanes of 138th St. (Alexander Ave to Madison Ave Bridge)

New Route
-         North on Willis Ave. Bridge (1st Ave to Willis Ave)
-          Turn Left onto E 135th Street (Willis Ave to Alexander Ave)
-          Turn Right onto Alexander Ave. (135th St to 138th St)
-          Turn Left onto 138th St (Alexander Ave to Morris Ave)
-          Turn Right onto Morris Ave (138th St to 140th St)
-          Turn Left onto 140th St (Morris Ave to Rider Ave)
-          Turn Left onto Rider Ave
(140th St to 138th St)
-         Turn Right onto 138th St and Continue in W-bound traffic lanes (Rider Ave to Madison Ave Bridge)
 
Please click on link below for a map of marathon course.
http://nycmarathon.org/documents/INGNYCM09_Map_Large_Rev_100909.pdf <http://nycmarathon.org/documents/INGNYCM09_Map_Large_Rev_100909.pdf>

ChronoTrack
Race will be scored with ChronoTrack. Please click on the link below for more information on how to put on the ChronoTrack D-Tag properly
        http://nycmarathon.org/race_scoring.htm
 
o  9+1 Volunteering
Volunteering for Marathon will not be a 9+1 due to lack of resources for checking in and checking out of volunteers.

o  Marathon Application
Marathon application will go live the after the marathon. This is ONLY FOR LOTTERY. Guaranteed will be same as last year.
·      2010

                Annual application form
                Free application to better help us follow teams
                More information to come in near future


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