Sunday morning, thousands of runners and spectators will gather for the annual Houston Marathon, which kicks off officially at 7:00 AM.
Thankfully, the planners were able to put together the event once again, apparently not suffering from Councilmember Carol Alvarado’s “Event-ed Out” Syndrome.
The marathon website lists the associated street closures around town, as well as the marathon route.
The marathon route crosses the Main Street rail line, but there is no mention of service disruptions on METRO’s website or blog (perhaps Mary Sit was simply too exhausted from the torrid pace of her first week of blogging to discuss the impact of one of Houston’s biggest civic events on METRO services).
My quick search of Chron.com didn’t turn up any specific information about the marathon and Danger Train service disruptions either, but perhaps if the TV stations have that news in the morning, Chron.com will post something. Here’s Lucas Wall’s Chronicle account of the Danger Train service changes related to the marathon two years ago. Nothing quite says “World Class Transit” like shutting down parts of your alleged transit backbone for a marathon!
