Broad Street Run

Course

The race starts the athletic fields at Central High School, in the Logan neighborhood. The course stretches south along Broad Street. Runners pass Temple University, Roman Catholic High School for Boys, Philadelphia City Hall, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Kimmel Center. The race finishes at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia. Due in part to its nearly flat, slightly downhill route, it has become a favorite in the running community for those working to establish personal best times. All finishers receive a medal.

History

The race was first run in 1980 with 1454 men and 122 women finishing. During the first two years, participants ran straight through the courtyard of City Hall; all races since have had runners diverted around the building.

Until 1989, the race ended with a lap around the field at JFK Stadium in South Philadelphia. After the stadium was condemned and demolished, the finish moved to FDR Park (on the other side of Broad Street), and then to the Navy Yard, about a quarter mile beyond the front gates.

Participation rose steadily through the 1990s and exploded by the mid-2000s. Since 2013, registration of single runners has been handled by lottery, with about 40,000 entrants, and roughly 35,000 runners finishing the race, the majority of them women.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 race was postponed until Sunday, October 10, 2021, marking the first time that the race did not occur on the first Sunday of May. In 2023, the race was run on April 30, due to a scheduling conflict with a morning Philadelphia Phillies game on May 7, 2023.

Course records

• Open Male: Raymond Magut, 45:13, 2023
• Open Female: Cynthia Limo, 50:54, 2023
• Master Male: Andrey Kuznetsov, 50:13, 2002
• Master Female: Sandra Mewett, 57:56, 1992
• Open Wheelchair Male: Tony Nogueira, 32:05, 2007
• Open Wheelchair Female: Jessica Galli, 35:59, 2001
• Master Wheelchair Male: Tony Nogueira, 33:52, 2008
• Master Wheelchair Female: Jacqui Kapinowski, 49:19, 2008

Past winners

Key:

Winners by Country

Top Philadelphia Finisher (Richard Lagocki Memorial Award)

Deaths

• 1998 - Richard Lagocki, 45, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 2007 - Robert A. Massaroni, 29, Holland, Pennsylvania, was a 7th grade Social Studies teacher at Shafer Middle School in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
• 2019 - Brian Smart, 25, Hatboro, Pennsylvania, was an athletic trainer at Upper Darby High School.

References

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