WASHINGTON — Metro will open at 5 a.m. Sunday for runners taking part in the Army Ten-Miler.
If you’re driving Route 110 by the Pentagon, all lanes will be closed from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The following roads will be closed:
- Arlington Memorial Bridge
- Constitution Avenue between 23rd and 18th streets
- All lanes of Virginia Avenue
- Rock Creek Parkway south of Virginia Avenue
- Independence Avenue (west bound lanes) from 14th Street to 7th Street SW
- 4th Street along Jefferson Drive
- 14th Street, north I-395 HOV (northbound)
- I-395 HOV lane (northbound) to the Eads Street ramp
- Long Bridge Drive
This year’s Army Ten-Miler, which is the second largest 10-mile race in the U.S., turns 30 on Sunday. The annual D.C. tradition attracts about 35,000 runners from around the world.
Also running in Sunday’s race is wounded veteran, Army Staff Sgt. Ian Newland, who’s running as part of “Operation Enduring Warrior.”
Brian Wilson is with Operation Enduring Warrior, which helps wounded veterans take back their lives. “It’s important for our organization to reach out to wounded warriors and let them know we are one of the many organizations out there to help them,” Wilson says. “Our whole mission is to honor and empower and motive wounded service members.”
He says Staff Sgt. Newland was injured in Iraq in 2006 when his convoy was ambushed. “An enemy combatant had thrown a hand grenade into his vehicle,” Wilson recalls. “He [Newland] suffered some shrapnel injuries to his face, arms and legs. It took him about five years of rehabilitation, which he’s still going through.”
The gunner in Newland’s vehicle — 19-year-old Ross McGinnis — threw himself on the grenade, sacrificing his life to save the lives of Newland and three other soldiers. McGinnis was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2007.
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