RACE DAY
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Location:
Hartford, Connecticut in
Bushnell Park under the Arch.
The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch is a predominant landmark in Bushnell Park.
Start Times:
All races start and finish
in Bushnell Park
2008 Park Map (2645k PDF) |
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| 6:00 am |
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Packet Pickup & Race Registration
(closes at 7:30 a.m.) - XL Center |
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| 8:00 am |
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Race Start -
ING Hartford Marathon & Team Relay
- Elm Street at Bushnell Park |
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| 8:00 am |
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Race Start - Half Marathon & Race Walk
- Elm Street at Bushnell Park |
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| 8:00 am |
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Race Start - Hartford 5K -
Wells Street near Jewell, Trumbull and Gold Streets |
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| 8:00 am |
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Finish Line Expo Opens (continues until 2:00 pm) |
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| 8:30 am |
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Post Race Festivities begins (continues until 3:30 pm) |
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| 9:15 am |
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Mascot Invitational - Elm Street at Bushnell Park |
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| 9:30 am |
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Race Start - Kids K - Elm Street at Bushnell Park |
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| 10 till ? |
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Join us at the Finish Line
- we are there till the last runner comes in! |
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| 11 am - 1 pm |
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Kick - Live band will perform in Bushnell Park |
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2008 Bushnell Park Map. pending
| STAR SPANGLED BANNER - PERFORMER |
POST RACE PARTY
- BAND PERFORMANCE 11 AM - 1 PM |
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The ING Hartford Marathon Post Race Party will feature the Connecticut-based band Kick. Since its formation in 1996, the band has seen its popularity soar at a speed and to a level they had never imagined. Kick has earned a reputation as “easily the top show band in New England...live, they actually look, perform, and sound better than a lot of the original artists” (Music News Express) and “the most professional modern rock cover band I’ve ever seen. Masterful.” (Hartford Advocate). In national auditions, MTV called them “Perfect” while VH1 concurred they are “an outstanding band." |
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Today, Kick is widely regarded as one of the best-sounding, most sonically accurate, professional, and visually entertaining rockshows in North America. Keeping true to their booking edict of: "wherever there's a good time to be had and great people to rock," the diversity of the band's repertoire has enabled them to perform at such prestigious venues as Gillette Stadium, Toad’s Place, the Pickle Barrel Music Hall, Yale Bowl, Riverfront Amphitheater, Lowe Auditorium, and UConn's Rentschler Stadium, where they perform before every Huskies football game. From Neil Diamond to Metallica, Kick guarantees their audience members will go home having heard at least one song they like.
The band is currently on tour sponsored by Coors Light, Hype Energy Drink, Connecticut Lottery, UConn Huskies football, and 96.5-TIC FM. Visit the website kickband.com |
The following vendors will be on display at the 2008 Finish Line area on Race Day:
| ING |
Centrian Life Insurance |
McDonald's |
| EMS |
Capitol Chiropractic |
Napa Auto Parts |
| Amica |
George Weston Bakeries |
Aline Systems |
| Footprints |
American Laser Center |
Select Comfort |
| Cabot Cheese |
Supplement City |
Success Rice |
| Fleet Feet |
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Visit the McDonald's Rock Wall
on race day.
Look for us in the park
- the perfect family meeting spot.
You can't miss it! |
There will be over 50 locations along the course with live bands and heart-thumping music to keep you moving. The complete list of entertainers on the course in located on the Course Information/Entertainment page (pending finalization).
| 5:00 pm |
ING Hartford Marathon Post-Race
Block Party with the Wolf Pack (continues until 7 pm) |
Trumbull Street (in front of the XL Center) |
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... more evening festivities to be posted
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