Austin Marathon: New route, road closures

GIGI:RUNNERS ARE GEARING UP
FOR THE BIG RACE TOMORROW.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
"AUSTIN MARATHON" WHICH BRINGS
THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS TO THE
CITY EVERY YEAR...BUT THIS
YEAR WILL LOOK A LITTLE
DIFFERENT...THANKS TO A NEW
ROUTE.KXAN'S CANDY RODRIGUEZ
HAS MORE. IT'S 26.2 MILES OF
AUSTIN...WILLIAM
DYSON/COMMUNICATION MANAGER,
HIGH FIVE EVENTS: "IT'S ALL
ABOUT SHOWCASING PEOPLE WHO
COME HERE TO RUN THE STREETS
OF AUSTIN WHAT THE CITY IS ALL
ABOUT AND WHAT IT HAS TO
OFFER."THIS YEAR, THE COURSE
STICKS TO A MORE CENTRALIZED
LOCATION OF THE CITY STAYING
WITHIN A FOUR-TO-FIVE MILES
RADIUS FROM DOWNTOWN NO MATTER
IF YOU'RE RUNNING IN THE
SOUTH, NORTH, WEST OR EAST
PART OF THE CITY. WILLIAM
DYSON/COMMUNICATION MANAGER,
HIGH FIVE EVENTS: "LAST YEAR,
IT WAS A LOOPED COURSE AS
WELL, BUT IT WAS MORE NORTH
THAN IT IS THIS YEAR."THE
CHANGE WAS MADE AFTER
ORGANIZERS WITH THE AUSTIN
MARATHON SAY THEY WANTED TO
MAKE IT THE BEST EXPERIENCE
NOT JUST FOR THOSE RUNNING,
BUT FOR EVERYONE....WILLIAM
DYSON/COMMUNICATION MANAGER,
HIGH FIVE EVENTS: "TRAFFIC IS
A HUGE FACTOR THAT WE TOOK
INTO CONSIDERATION."MARATHON
ORGANIZER WILLIAM DYSON SAYS
ALONG WITH KEEPING HIGHWAY AND
FRONTAGE ROADS OPEN THIS
YEAR... THE GOAL IS TO
SHOWCASE AUSTIN LANDMARKS..
AND TO KEEP SPECTATORS UNITED.
ON SUNDAY, THE COURSE WILL
TAKE RUNNERS THROUGH SOME
FAMILIAR PLACES INCLUDING
SOUTH CONGRESS, LAKE AUSTIN
BLVD AND ENFIELD ROAD, BUT NEW
THIS YEAR... RUNNERS WILL RUN
PAST UT'S TOWER -- UP
GUADALUPE ON OVER TO THE EAST
DOWN CHICON STREET --- TO THE
FARTHEST POINT ON EAST FIFTH
THEN WITH THE FINAL STRETCH
THROUGH EAST CESAR CHAVEZ...
ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE
IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL. AT
THE END OF THE DAY.... DYSON
SAYS THEY JUST HOPE EVERYONE
HAS A GOOD TIME. WILLIAM
DYSON/COMMUNICATION MANAGER,
HIGH FIVE EVENTS: "WHETHER
THEY COME FROM OUTSIDE OF
AUSTIN OR ANY OF THE 50 STATES
OR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE
REALLY WANT TO GIVE THEM A
GRAND TOUR OF AUSTIN."IN
AUSTIN, CANDY RODRIGUEZ, KXAN
NEWSGIGI:THE NEW ROUTE WILL
ALSO IMPACT TRAFFIC.HERE'S A
LOOK...IT STARTS AT THE ANN
RICHARDS BRIDGE AT 7 AM.IT
THEN GOES SOUTH TO BEN WHITE
BOULEVARD AND TRAVELS WEST TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CAMPUS
AND HYDE PARK.RUNNERS
EVENTUALLLY MOVE INTO EAST
AUSTIN- AND CROSS THE FINISH
LINE AT THE CAPITOL.THAT MEANS
YOU CAN EXPECT MAJOR ROADS TO
CLOSE TOMORROW MORNING LIKE
CONGRESS AVENUE, SOUTH FIRST
STREET AND LAKE AUSTIN
BOULEVARD.FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE NEW ROUTE OR HOW TO GET
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Austin Marathon: New route, road closures

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