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Welcome Runners!
Welcome to the 2015 Foot Levelers
Blue Ridge Marathon, America’s
Toughest Road Marathon. We’re
excited to have this challenging, yet
rewarding event here in Roanoke,
Virginia.
We’d like to invite you to check
out everything the Roanoke Valley
has to offer. Great restaurants,
fantastic cultural experiences, and
some of the most marvelous nature
scenes around are just a small taste
of what you’ll find.
This three-day celebration is
highlighted by an open-air concert
by Big Head Todd & the Monsters in
Roanoke’s beautiful Elmwood Park.
The Down by Downtown Music
Festival has put together an exciting
lineup of over 25 performances in 12
venues.
Let’s not forget our people. The
people of Roanoke have been vital to
the Valley’s growth and the ambitious
direction in which it is headed. It’s
these people who have made the
Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon a
successful reality.
Again, welcome. Enjoy the
weekend.
—Kent S. Greenawalt, Foot Levelers
Chairman and CEO
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORTERS
Rotary Club of Roanoke Downtown | City Market Building | Roanoke Parks & Recreation | Floyd
Fest | Scott Insurance | City of Roanoke | Cole & Associates CPAs | Parkway Brewing | Walkabout
Outfitter | Black Dog Salvage | Prescott Construction | Tinnell’s | Texas Tavern | Friends of Blue
Ridge Parkway | Dominion Electric Vehicles | Jefferson Center | Twin River Outfitters | River &
Rail Restaurant | Roanoke Police, Fire, and EMS | Starr Hill Brewing | Branch Highway | Roanoke
Mountain Adventures | And many more countless individuals and organizations.
From first timers to experienced runners everyone should sign up!
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Event Schedule
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
7:30 AM
Shake Out (warm up) run with
celebrities Dick Beardsley and Pam
Rickard.
5:30 AM - 7:00 AM
Packet and chip pick-up on Elmwood
Amphitheatre Stage for those who
didn’t make it Friday.
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Packet Pick Up/Expo at the City
Market Building. Enter the street tent
from Campbell Avenue.
• Foot Levelers will provide free
foot scans. Enter to win a free pair
of orthotics.
• Pick up last minute items from
Fleet Feet.
• Onsite Blue Ridge Marathon
merchandise available.
7:35AM RACE START TIME
Full, Half, and Star 10K start on
Jefferson Street (just outside
Elmwood Park)
• A corral system is used to
position runners for start based on
pace times.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Foot Levelers Pasta Dinner with
guest speakers (limited to 200,
register in advance) on the third floor
of City Market Building.
7:00 PM
FREE Concert in Elmwood Park
Amphitheater. Beer and food vendors
will be on-site.
• Enjoy more live music afterward
with the Down by Downtown
Music Festival—multiple venues
throughout downtown Thursday
through Saturday.
9:00AM - 8:00PM
Live music, beer garden, food
vendors, and more at finish line
area. Music is part of the Down by
Downtown Music Festival.
10:00AM
Anthem Star K award ceremony on
Elmwood Park Stage.
12:00PM
Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Half
Marathon award ceremony at
Elmwood Park Stage.
2:00PM
Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon
award ceremony at Elmwood Park
Stage.
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5:00 PM
Gates open for ticketed concert
(TBD) in Elmwood Park Amphitheater.
Opening act (5:30p.m.-6p.m.). Main
show starts at 6:30p.m.
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There will be five GameFace
Media photographers along the
course, so be sure to smile! All
official event photographs will be
made available­—for FREE—to
runners. Photos will be posted 48
hours after the race is finished.
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Thanks to WDBJ7, friends and
family can watch live coverage of
the event on TV, or online.
WEAR YOUR MEDAL
After you’ve finished, wear your
finisher medal with pride around
town. Local merchants love the
opportunity to talk with runners,
and even offer discounts.
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Downtown Attractions
DINING
Roanoke’s ever-growing list of
eclectic dining opportunities is just
a short walk from Elmwood Park
and the marathon finish line. From
Americana Nouveau to a wide variety
of international cuisines, the city
offers more than 60 restaurants
sure to satisfy even the hungriest
marathoner.
Pay a special visit to our generous
food sponsor, Martin’s Downtown,
located at 413 First Street. Runners
also get a 10% discount using the
coupon on their bib at the City
Market Building (packet pick-up
location).
SHOPS
Historic Downtown Roanoke is home
to many distinctive artisan shops,
one-of-a-kind boutiques, plus an
extensive Farmers’ Market open
Wednesday-Friday from 8a.m.-5p.m.
and Saturday-Sunday from 10a.m.4p.m. If you head downtown make
sure to stop by Walkabout Outfitter,
one of our race supporters.
ATTRACTIONS
Just blocks from our finish festival
there are numerous, award-winning
attractions; these include art
galleries, museums, breweries, a
butterfly exhibit, and even an antique
train and transportation exhibit. Make
the most of your race weekend and
stop by one of our charming city
attractions.
For a full list of restaurants,
shops, farmer’s market vendors
and attractions head to:
downtownroanoke.org
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Thank you to all of our supporters!
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Farm to Feet™ proud to be
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Two Locations!
celebrating
Grandin village &
Downtown
Join us at the
Earth Day Roanoke Festival
Was en a Park, April 25
A Flip-Flop Designed Just For You
The Foot Levelers Seabreeze custom orthotic flip-flop is built just
for you, based on a 3D image of your foot.
The Seabreeze features the Foot Levelers 3 Arch Advantage, which
supports all 3 arches of your foot. It’s an “advantage” you only get
with the Seabreeze.
It’s the perfect flip-flop for after the race, strolling along the beach,
and everything in between.
Order your Seabreeze at the
Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon Expo
and at the finish line on race-day.
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Finish Festivities
FLEET FEET RECOVERY ZONE
If free massages weren’t enough, Fleet Feet
will be coming with a crew bearing foam rollers,
Addaday Massage Sticks, Oofos Recovery Sandals,
CEP compression, recovery nutrition and a variety
of other products to help you recover fast. Short
recovery yoga sessions may also be available.
“The best finish line festivals…Craft beer,
live music, fantastic food & free massages!
To top it off, Roanoke is great town. I
definitely recommend this marathon.”
-J. Cullen from Baltimore, MD
BANDS
Friday Show @ 6:30pm (FREE): New for 2015
is a free concert Friday evening that is open
to everyone and features Portland-based band
MarchFourth!—a lively and engaging musical and
entertainment act that is sure to draw attention.
This 20-person troop will wow you with a show
that melds funk, rock and jazz. Add high-stepping
stilt-acrobatics and dazzling burlesque dancers, and
you’re in for a musical evening to remember.
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Saturday Show, Door open @ 5:00pm: Big Head
Todd & The Monsters, a national touring act with
roots in Colorado, will headline Saturday evening in
the Elmwood Amphitheater. This platinum selling
group is known for their spirited live show and
chart topping songs like “Bittersweet,” “Broken
Hearted Savior,” and “Circle”. Runners receive
discounted tickets ($12), just show your bib at the
ticket tent.”
FREE MASSAGES
That’s right, you aren’t reading it wrong. Local
massage therapists and chiropractors will be
assembled at the finish to provide you with 5-15
minute therapy sessions. Open to non-runners too,
and tips are appreciated.
FOOD & BEER TRUCKS
The Roanoke Region is quickly becoming
synonymous with great food and local craft beer.
Our city now has 14 craft breweries and we’ll have
some of our favorites from Parkway Brewing and
Starr Hill onsite. You can also nosh on some grub
from Martin’s Downtown and other local food
trucks, which will be open all day, even during the
Saturday concert.
YMCA FUN ZONE
Thanks to the Kirk Avenue YMCA, we will have an
amazing assortment of activities for spectators
and families to try while waiting for their runner
to cross the finish line. The Family Y Zone will
be located on Franklin Ave. (toward downtown
Roanoke); featuring activities such as a climbing
wall, human foosball, giant-sized Jenga &
Connect-4, putting greens, corn hole and a “make
your own medal” station for kids.
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BIB COLORS
If you’re a spectator of the
event it may help to know who
is running what distance. Just
check their bibs! Red=Full
Marathon, Yellow= Half marathon,
Green = 10k
Don’t miss out on the features of the marathon bibs!
Our bibs have lots of important features on them that can be useful for both runners and spectators! For more information
on the bib features, check out the sidebar and the bib graphic above.
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Runner’s Name
Brought to you by Lawson’s Self
Storage of Roanoke. Stash a
bag of dry clothes at the “bag
check” truck located beside
the amphitheater. Just tear this
off when you drop it, and use
your bib as the claim ticket. For
security purposes, please use
CLEAR plastic bags only.
LIVE RESULTS
New for 2015 is our QR Code
feature. Within 30 seconds of
crossing the finish line, your
finishing time, how well you
placed and your splits will all be
posted. All you have to do is scan
your code and it will take you
directly to it.
CONCERT TICKETS
That’s right! If you ordered your
tickets in advance THIS GUIDE IS
YOUR TICKET. If you decide you
want to buy a ticket at the gate,
just bring your bib for the $12
racer discount.
GRUB TIME
We know you’ll be hungry after
this race, and our partners at the
City Market Building (location
of packet pick-up) would like to
extend a discount to all racers
and friends.
LOCAL CRAFT BEER
If there is one thing Roanoke
does well, it’s beer! Show us the
guide for one FREE beer at the
finish line festival. Cheers!
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Good Luck Runners!
Where in the world is Roanoke,
Virginia?
That’s a fair question. But to be
honest, it’s not a question most
people were asking, say nothing
about answering.
That’s one of the reasons we
created the Blue Ridge Marathon.
As runners and outdoor enthusiasts,
members of the organizing
committee knew that this was a
special place. We built our lives
around the outdoor attractions and
quality of life.
What better way to show them off
than with a 26.2 mile “tour?”
We started in downtown, home to
restaurants, museums, the
Roanoke Farmer’s Market and took
the course directly to the Blue
Ridge Parkway where runners could
climb Roanoke Mountain and
see for miles. Then we wound the
course back toward the Valley,
with another climb up Mill Mountain
and a visit to the famous
Roanoke Star. We dropped the course
onto the Valley floor where
the new greenway system is a
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beautiful respite from the miles of
climbing and descending.
Next we thought we should show
visitors the city’s world-class
neighborhoods. So we wound the
course through South Roanoke
and up Peakwood, the marathon’s
third major climb.
From there it is back to
downtown, and down the home
stretch to the beautiful Elmwood
Park, where our recovery zone awaits
with massages, food, beer, exhibitors
and more. Don’t miss our headliner
Big Head Todd & the Monsters, gates
open at 5pm on Saturday. Runner
tickets are only $12 dollars.
With all those climbs and
descents creating more than 7,430
feet of elevation change, we also
created a race that has more ups and
downs than any other on-road
marathon in the United States.
After our 26.2 mile tour of the
city, we believe you will know
the answer when someone asks,
“Where’s Roanoke, Virginia?”
Have a great marathon!
­­—Event Committee
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