We are rocking, rolling... and running! Rock n Roll marathon now underway! @WTOP pic.twitter.com/qKVbZPOw7l
— Dennis J. Foley (@DJFoleyWTOP) March 11, 2017
More runners, well layered for the cold, hit the streets of DC! @WTOP pic.twitter.com/Bw0YDSXMmm
— Dennis J. Foley (@DJFoleyWTOP) March 11, 2017
WASHINGTON — A massive mobile party hit the streets of D.C. Saturday morning.
Thousands of runners from all around the world lined up on Constitution Avenue NW in the bitter cold to take part in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon.
At the start around 8:30 a.m., the temperature was 26 degrees with wind chills in the teens.
Some participants, but not all, were ready for the cold.
“It’s a little bit colder than I think everyone was expecting, and my training didn’t exactly go to plan, but I’m going to give it a shot to see how far I can go,” participant Kyle Macken said before the race.
It was Macken’s first marathon, and he said he was going to give it all he had, both in terms of performance and in staying warm.
“I’m wearing more layers, borrowed some of my wife’s tighter clothing that somehow fits me,” Macken said.
Others came more prepared.
“Well, I’m from Canada, so the cold doesn’t really bother me,” Lindsay Robertson said. “I’ve been training for four or five months.”
Robertson is taking part in this year’s event because she wanted to come to D.C. for the first time.
The course began on Constitution Avenue NW near 14th Street. Runners then took on the Rock Creek Parkway and eventually crossed the city to end at RFK Stadium.
