Gobble Gobble Gobble road race

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

On Thursday there will be a road race in Davis Square.
It's too late to register (deadline was November 20th), so this mostly serves as a warning to people who want to drive on Thursday morning. (It doesn't go down my street, so I have no recollection of whether traffic gets held up for this race, anyone know?

Starts at 9am in Davis; the race goes up Holland to Teele Square, up Packard to Powderhouse, Broadway to Medford Street, Central to Somerville Ave, and Elm back to Davis Square.

http://www.srr.org/events/annual_events/gobble/g3map.jpg

Comments

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

I'd also like to encourage anyone in the race to please have a heart and let people who are driving cross the road.

The streets are closed for a reason - to make it safe for the runners. Sorry for the inconvenience, but it's one day a year for a few hours...

[xjustquietx.livejournal.com]

I understand. I certainly don't want to hurt anyone. But for that few hours, it really messed up my chance to get home and spend time with my family. Which only happens once a year for me, too.

That year the streets weren't closed, as far as we knew. There were no signs at all, no alternate routes suggested, and we definitely didn't see any signs around town advertising the event. We would have happily taken an alternate route if information had been provided.