This Sunday, the 26th Annual Nordstrom Beat the Bridge to Beat Diabetes run takes place in the general vicinity of Husky Stadium and Montlake. The race starts at 8:30, but street closures begin as early as 7:30.

I’ll be running the race with my husband, and last year we saw some pretty irate drivers yelling at the police officers who were preventing them from mowing down the runners. No parking signs and street closure signs are now up, warning drivers of the event. So if you live in the area, or are just planning to drive through there on Sunday, please plan accordingly. Here is the detailed street closure information, complete with approximate times.

Montlake, south of Pacific: closed from 7:45-8:45 am
Montlake Place, 19th and Lynn, west of 19th: closed from 8:25-9:25 am
Boyer/Fuhrman, west of Lynn to Eastlake: closed from 8:30-10 am
Pacific, from Brooklyn to Montlake: closed from 8:15-10:15 am
Montlake, both directions, north of Pacific: closed from 7:30-10 am

And the Burke Gillman Trail from 44th to the University Hospital will be overrun with runners from 8-10 am.
Only one lane of traffic each way will be available along NE Pacific.

Registration is available until the event starts, so if you want to spend Sunday morning running a great 5 mile course, come on down! If running isn’t your thing, and you live in the area, come support the runners. We love hearing the cheers of bystanders as we’re going. The first 2 miles of the run have to be completed in about 20 minutes, or runners get stuck by the raising of the University Bridge. Since I’m a slow runner, I’ll take all the encouragement I can get to keep my speed up and beat the bridge!