Reminder: the Long Beach Marathon is coming up! (10/04-10/05)

This is your friendly reminder to plan your travel routes accordingly for Sunday, October 4 as the marathon will affect egress and ingress on many local roads. It is much less frustrating when you're prepared.

*If you park along Ocean Blvd between Livingston Dr and Alamitos Ave, you should receive a notice on your car about Sunday. The tow party will begin early Sunday morning, so please move your car.

*Most major road closures will begin at 5:00am with rolling re-opening times based on location: https://runlongbeach.com/community-relations/. Yes, sometimes the re-openings happen later depending on delayed starts and other factors, so plan for that.

*I highly recommend not even trying to cross major roads, like Atherton St or Park Ave, anytime before 1:00pm. There will be traffic control letting vehicles through when there are breaks in runners... but it can take a really long time, so just avoid it if possible.

*There are always questions about 7th Street access. The full marathon route crosses 7th Street at Park Avenue and runners take Park Ave. all the way to Anaheim > Clark > Atherton. If you're trying to get to the 405 / 605 via 7th from North Long Beach, you should plan to take Stearns. Please check the route map for a visual on this.

*The Saturday events, 5K and kids runs, will only affect roads around the Aquarium of the Pacific and the Queensway Bridge going to and from the Queen Mary.

*Good luck to anyone running, biking or trying to get around Long Beach that day!