San Diego Rock And Roll Marathon To Witness Road Closures
June 6th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by GDBy Ranjan Bhaduri
San Diego, June 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rock and Roll Marathon which is all set to kick off on Sunday shall witness a total of 30,000 runners who shall be running across the city of San Diego over a total distance of 26.2 miles.
The marathon shall also witness the performance from major live bands along with the crowd all in cheers for their favorite runner on road.
This year San Diego Marathon is a special one as this is the very first time that Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will swing into absolute party mood followed by a rock concert at the end of the marathon. Jerry Sanders who happens to be the mayor of San Diego will fire the gun at the Sixth Avenue which shall mark the start of the race.
Following that the race would commence as the runners pass by the Balboa Park and Hillcrest and head on towards Petco Park. The route then takes a sharp turn towards the Fashion Valley mall and then crosses the Fiesta Island at the Mission Bay and finally concludes at Sea World.
Apart form the local crowd there will a bevy of celebrities at the race stands which includes “LA Ink”’s Kat Von D, “Real Housewives of Orange County” Tamra Barney along with Lynne Curtin. The San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon winner shall receive a total prize money of $155,000.
With the race moving all round the San Diego city, some of the roads shall remain temporarily closed in between 5.30 am and 2 pm and the traffic will be rerouted to avoid any hassle or hindrance.
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