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The Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run, which has taken place in Philadelphia on the first Sunday in May since the early 1980s, is the largest 10-mile road race in the United States (40,689 runners in 2012 [1]).
More than 40,000 runners from all over the country will cross the finish line Sunday morning and thousands more will line the streets to cheer them on as the 45th annual Broad Street Run prepares ...
A moment of celebration for thousands of runners as they crossed the finish line to complete Philadelphia's 45th annual Broad Street Run on Sunday.
The Philadelphia Distance Run (PDR) is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States on the third Sunday of September. The competition was established in 1978 as the Philadelphia Distance Run and was founded by Gene H. Martenson, and was held under this name until 2009.
On October 10, 2010, 116,086 out of 160,000 registered runners in Manila were reported to have finished a run entitled "10.10.10 A Run for the Pasig River". [3] An official for the ABS-CBN Foundation said that documentation of the event was being forwarded to Guinness World Records. [ 3 ]
A South Jersey runner became the first American to win the Broad Street Run in 30 years. The last U.S. runner to win was from South Jersey too.
At Pattison Avenue, SEPTA's Broad Street Line, a subway line, begins to run under the route from its southern terminus at NRG station. Past the sports complex, the road runs through urban neighborhoods and comes to an interchange with I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway), which heads west across Philadelphia and east toward the Walt Whitman Bridge over ...
Broad Street is home to several Philadelphia cultural landmarks. Broad Street between Spruce and Market Streets is known as the Avenue of the Arts, and includes the Academy of Music, and the Kimmel Center. Two blocks north of City Hall is the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and further north is the New Freedom Theatre. [12]