Chevron Houston Marathon 2009

Minimum age is 12 on race day to register for the marathon.The Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine EXPO has moved to the third floor of the George R. Brown Convention Center.Packet pickup will be held during the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine EXPO.

The EXPO will take place in Hall A3, third floor on Friday, January 16 from 11 a.m.
Once we reach our cap of 18,000 registered participants between the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon, registration for both races will close.Carefully read the contact information printed directly on your race bib in your runner packet, including the chip code.

First wave will start at 7:00 a.m. In 2008, runners in the Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon and EP5K raised over $1 million for charity. [...] Pace teams with goal finish times from 3 to 6 hours are led by Houston Marathon veterans and are free to join. [...] Both gun and chip time results are sent to the Boston Athletic Association, which accepts chip time as a qualifying time. [...] Stop by the Veterans Pace Team booth during the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine EXPO to get information or sign up for a pace team.

… many downtown hotels and restaurants will be offering pasta specials during race weekend for participants.Come reward yourself by visiting the parking lot between Rusk St. and Walker St. on Avenida de las Americas to honor your accomplishment!

Per USATF rules, gun time is used to determine prize money winners and time bonus recipients.

To retrieve your runner packet, you must bring your confirmation card or confirmation email to packet pickup.

Street closures

LaBranch/Elysian (all lanes) closed from McKinney to Quitman.

Crawford/Elysian (all lanes) closed from McKinney to Brooks.

Hardy (all lanes) closed from Brooks to Quitman.

Quitman (all lanes) closed from Elysian to White Oak.

White Oak (all lanes) closed to Studewood.

Michaux (all lanes) closed from White Oak to Pecore/East 11th.

Pecore/East 11th (all lanes) closed from Michaux to Studewood.

Studewood to Studemont to Montrose (all lanes) closed from 11th to Mecom Fountain.

Main (southbound lanes only) closed from Mecom Fountain to University.

University (all lanes) closed from South Main to Weslayan.

Weslayan (all lanes) closed from University to Bissonnet.

Weslayan (northbound lanes only) closed from Bissonnet to Westpark.

Westpark (all lanes) closed from Weslayan to Newcastle.

Newcastle (all lanes except southbound curbside lane) closed from Westpark to U.S. 59 feeder (southbound).

U.S. 59 feeder (southbound) closed between Newcastle and Loop 610 feeder (northbound).

Loop 610 feeder (northbound) closed between U.S. 59 feeder (northbound) and Richmond.

Richmond (all lanes) closed from Loop 610 feeder (northbound) to South Post Oak.

South Post Oak (northbound lanes only) closed from Richmond to San Felipe.

San Felipe (westbound lanes only) closed from South Post Oak to Tanglewood.

Tanglewood (northbound lanes only) closed from San Felipe to Chimney Rock.

Chimney Rock (northbound lanes only) closed from Tanglewood to Woodway.

Woodway (eastbound lanes only) closed from Chimney Rock to Loop 610.

Woodway/Memorial (eastbound lanes only) closed from Loop 610 to Shepherd.

Shepherd (all lanes under overpass) closed from Memorial to Allen Parkway.

Allen Parkway (all lanes) closed from Shepherd to Bagby.

Lamar (all lanes) closed from Bagby to Louisiana.

Dallas (all lanes) closed from Bagby to Milam.

Louisiana (all lanes) closed from Lamar to Rusk.

Milam (all lanes) closed from Dallas to Rusk.

Rusk (all lanes) closed from Louisiana to Hamilton.

Freeway exit-ramp closures

U.S. 59 South, exiting to Newcastle.

610 West Loop (southbound), exiting to Hidalgo/Richmond.

610 West Loop (northbound), exiting to Memorial.