Sure, our photographer snapped some amazing shots of the Broad Street Run on Sunday. But guess what? So did you. Here are my favorite Instagram photos from the 2013 Broad Street Run.
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#LATERGRAM: 20 BEST INSTAGRAM PHOTOS FROM THE BROAD STREET RUNYour view from Broad Street.Posted by
Emily Leaman on 5/7/2013 at 11:01AM | 1 Comment
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14,000 ARTICLES OF CLOTHING DISCARDED AT THE BROAD STREET RUN WILL GO TO THE HOMELESSThe local nonprofit Clothes-Pin picked up all the cast-offs at the starting line.Posted by
Emily Leaman on 5/6/2013 at 1:03PM | No Comments
 Clothes-Pin collected old shoes at this year's Broad Street Run Expo Love this, via Facebook:
We’ve been digging the folks over at Clothes-Pin for a few years now, ever since we got the inside scoop on what happens to discarded clothes at the Philadelphia Marathon. As we learned, teams from the local charity sweep up the race-day cast-offs and redistribute them to local homeless shelters. In addition to its race-day cleanup, Clothes-Pin was on hand at the Broad Street Run expo this year, where they collected bags and bags (and bags and bags) of old running shoes to give to those in need. I snapped the photo above at about noon on Saturday; I’m sure even more donations rolled in after I left. Good job, runners! Related Post |
SIGNS AND SOCKS: PHOTOS FROM THE 2013 BROAD STREET RUNFrom the spectators' awesome signs to the runners' bright-red socks, here's what the 2013 Broad Street Run looked like in photos.Posted by
Emily Leaman on 5/6/2013 at 10:21AM | 2 Comments
This year, we sent amazing local photog Jeff Fusco to document the sights, socks and signs of race day. (How’s that for some solid alliteration on a Monday?) As a four-year Broad Street runner, I always look forward to reading all the hilarious and encouraging signs spectators bring along to help cheer us on, so I asked Jeff to pay particularly close attention to the side lines. And since this year’s race was dedicated to the Boston Marathon runners (both officially and unofficially), I wanted him to capture as much of the Boston love as he could—from the red socks to t-shirts to stickers to signs. Here’s how we’ll remember the 2013 Broad Street Run. |
THE CHECKUP: HOW TO RECOVER AFTER THE BROAD STREET RUNA local running guru offers great tips.Posted by
Emily Leaman on 5/6/2013 at 7:32AM | 1 Comment
• Ruh-roh. New research on low-estrogen birth control pills finds a link between women who take them and pelvic pain during orgasm. “A study of nearly 1,000 women found that women on the lower-dose oral contraceptives were more likely than those on the standard dose (with higher estrogen levels), or those not on the pill, to report pelvic pain,” reports HealthDay. More here. • Now available for online orders: Viagra. Yup, that’s right—Pfizer Inc. is making its erectile-dysfunction medication available for online orders (with prescription, of course) in a bid to get men who are embarrassed to face a pharmacist with this prescription to buy the pill. To jump start online sales, the drug maker is also offering discounts on first orders. The AP has more. |
HOW TO NAVIGATE THE BROAD STREET RUN EXPOAh the pre-race expo—that celebrated ritual marked by a lot of excitement, a tiny bit of panic, and annoyingly long lines. Here, the ultimate FAQ for the Broad Street Run Expo to help you navigate the crowds like a pro.Posted by
Emily Leaman on 5/3/2013 at 7:44AM | No Comments
Where is the expo, anyway? Lincoln Financial Field on the SCA Club Level. (For anyone else who couldn’t care less about sports, that would be the Eagles stadium. Only me?) What are the hours? The expo is open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. When’s the best time to go? On Friday, if you can make it out there during the day at a time that doesn’t overlap with lunch hour (i.e. 11:30 to 2ish), you should be fine. On Saturday, it’s a crapshoot. Race organizers are asking people to follow a schedule according to their last names to keep the lines moving: last names starting with G-M should plan to go from 8 to 9 a.m.; N-Z from 9 to 10; and A-F from 10 to 11. All letters should go from noon to 5. |
THE CHECKUP: NEW STUDY SHOWS CARBO-LOADING WORKS—IF YOU DO IT RIGHTPay attention, Broad Streeters.Posted by
Emily Leaman on 5/3/2013 at 7:30AM | No Comments
• While there’s something fun about going H.A.M. on a plate of spaghetti the night before a race (only me?), a new study shows that while carbo-loading does improve race-day performance, you have to be smart about how you do it. The study comes courtesy of the University of Minnesota, where 46 students (36 women, 10 men), who were enrolled in a running-focused PE class, ran a marathon and documented what they ate three days before and the morning of the race. Before race day, they also ran a two-mile time trial to give researchers a baseline for how they would expect the runners to perform based on their level of fitness. The two-mile time “explained 73 percent of the variability in marathon finishing times,” Runner’s World reports. “In other words, the ones who could run 6:00 miles for two miles were better marathoners than those who couldn’t break 9:00 pace for two miles.” Okay, so with that off the table and other factors excluded, researchers could home in on the impact that pre-race fuel food had on their race-day performance. Here are the findings: The runners who ate more carbs before the race clocked faster times than those who fueled up with fewer. The key, researchers found, is getting six grams of carbohydrates per kilogram of body weight—which is a confusing way of figuring out how much spaghetti to eat, but Runner’s World breaks it down into real-world terms here. Check it out, crunch some numbers, and go stuff your face with carbs before Sunday! |
PROMO CODE: PHILLIES OFFER HALF-PRICE TICKETS FOR BROAD STREETERSThe Phils are showing their support for the runners in Sunday's race. Here's how.Posted by
Justin Krajeski on 5/2/2013 at 3:08PM | No Comments
 Photo by M. Kennedy for GPTMC How do half-price tickets to a Phillies game sound? The Phils announced via Twitter today that they’re running a special half-price deal for Broad Streeters as a show of support for Sunday’s big race. You don’t technically have to be running the race to participate; all you need is the promo code—which I’m giving you below. All you have to do is go here, click the green “T” icon next to the games, and enter the code BSR in the field marked “password.” (Weird? Yes. But it works.) The catch is that the promo only applies to tickets that cost $38 or less, but that still gives you plenty of options, including some field-level seats along the left and right field outfields. And note that while the website says the deal is buy-one-get-one free, you don’t have to purchase two tickets to score the discount. I tested it out and added just one $38 ticket to my cart, and it gave it to me for $16. Woo! Related Post |
BROAD STREET RUN ISSUES MEMO ON FULL SECURITY MEASURES FOR SUNDAY’S RACESecurity will be beefed up at this year's race, in light of the Boston bombings. Here's what to expect.Posted by
Emily Leaman on 4/30/2013 at 12:06PM | No Comments
We knew that the Broad Street Run would have some sort of “enhanced security” following the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon. But less than a week out from race day, organizers finally posted what said enhanced security measures actually will be. “There is no specific threat to Philadelphia,” according to a message on broadstreetrun.com, “but there are enhanced security measures to ensure the Blue Cross Broad Street Run is a success.” Here’s what to expect on Sunday: |
FREE CLASSES AT ROWZONE MANAYUNK FOR WEARING RED SOCKS FOR BOSTONHere's where and when!Posted by
Emily Leaman on 4/30/2013 at 11:31AM | 1 Comment
If you’ve stocked up on red socks for Sunday’s Broad Street Run—or, you know, if you’ve already got a pair on hand for … any occasion where you might need red socks—head to RowZone in Manayunk on Friday for a free class. The studio wants to support the people supporting Boston at Broad Street (get that?) by offering a complimentary pre-race indoor rowing class to anyone who dons red socks. Personally, my Friday-night-before-Broad-Street ritual will include sitting on the couch, eating pasta and guzzling water. (For the record, that will also be my Saturday-night-before-Broad-Street ritual. YOLO!) But if you’re more badass than me, head over to RowZone to break in your red socks. All you have to do is go here, choose a class, create an account and sign up as unpaid. Show up in red socks and you won’t owe a dime. Note: You don’t have to actually participate in Broad Street to score the deal. Anyone who shows up in red socks can get a free class. RowZone Manayunk is located at 4401 East Main Street. Happy rowing! |
WATCH YOUR INBOX: BROAD STREET BIBS AND CORRAL ASSIGNMENTS TO BE EMAILED TOMORROWPlus: what your corral color actually means.Posted by
Emily Leaman on 4/26/2013 at 11:50AM | 2 Comments
Just a quick note from the Broad Street Run folks that corral assignments and race-bib numbers are due to be sent via e-mail tomorrow, April 27th. If you don’t see the email, you might want to check your spam box. When the race notified runners that they were selected from the lottery back in February, more than a few of us had to fish those notifications out of our spam folder. For anyone who’s never run Broad Street before—or a race in general, for that matter—organizers try to group runners according to the finish time you indicated on your registration form. The hope is that by corralling runners (hence, you know, corrals) and using a waved start procedure—meaning, they build in a few minutes of padding between when each corral crosses the start line—runners will be spaced out at well-paced intervals with few traffic jams along the course. It doesn’t always work, but it helps. When you get to the starting line on May 5th, just look for your corral color and go stand with your people. Of course, no one really polices this procedure to make sure everybody is where they’re supposed to be, except for possibly the elite group and the first competitive group at the front. So if, say, you wanted to run with your friends in a corral further back, I’m 99 percent confident that no one would actually stop you. But you didn’t hear that from me. |
