A drop-off location on South Front Street between Monroe and Union avenues will be available before 6:15 a.m. Two locations - the Tennessee Welcome Center at 115 Riverside Drive and on South Lauderdale Street between Beale Street and Union Avenue - are available all day. Race organizers have also designed several drop-off and pickup areas for people using Uber or Lyft. Generally, there are no parking restrictions east of Danny Thomas, with the exception of a small area bordered by Danny Thomas, Poplar Avenue, Manassas Street and Jefferson Avenue. So, if you want to sleep in or head home after the 5K, don’t plan on parking Downtown. Large swaths of Downtown - including most of the large Downtown parking garages and surface lots - will be closed to traffic by 6:15 a.m. Race organizers recommend runners and spectators get Downtown by 6:15 a.m. A full list of street closures can be found on the marathon website. Some of the closures start Friday with the majority of street closures happening Saturday from 7 a.m. Yellow yard signs have been posted along the route indicating which roads will be closed.

Road will be closed along the race routes, so expect delays and detours Downtown, in the Edge and Medical districts and around Overton Park starting Friday night and continuing into Saturday afternoon.

Jude Memphis Marathon photos Traffic and parking Runners in the 5K will take Danny Thomas Boulevard south and loop back to the ballpark to finish while 10K participants will turn toward the river, taking Front Street and then Riverside Drive south to Carolina Avenue before looping back to finish at the park. The 5K and 10K courses start at AutoZone Park, head north on B.B. Jude campus, but otherwise, the routes vary. There’s also a “kids marathon,” a 1-mile race for the little ones, at 1:30 p.m.Īll four of the adult races start and end Downtown and pass through the St.

with the half-marathon and marathon starting at 8 a.m. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is actually a series of races. Whether you’re running, cheering on friends or family who are, or simply want to avoid the road closures, here’s what you need to know about the annual event. Thousands of runners are expected to participate in the 2019 St.

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