Northeast News
August 23, 2011

Multiple streets in Kansas City will be closed this weekend for The North Face Endurance Challenge, which means Kansas Citians will need to find alternate travel routes.

Races will be held Saturday and Sunday with each race kicking off and ending at the Frank A. Theis Park, located at the corner of Volker Boulevard and Oak Street.

Saturday’s races start at 6 a.m. and will include a 50K, marathon and marathon relay and Sunday’s races will start at 7 a.m. and will include a half marathon, 10K and 5K. Approximately 400 runners have already registered.

The route runs from Theis Park through Brookside, the Country Club Plaza, Westport, the Crossroads, downtown and the City Market. A number of streets in Historic Northeast will also be affected. Rolling road closures will be in effect from 5:30 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. Each road will close approximately 30 minutes before runners are anticipated and will reopen immediately after the last runner passes through.

The route for Northeast is as follows:
• Left on Grand
• Left on 3rd
• Right on Main to stairway and running path (Richard L. Berkley)
• Right on Riverfront turns into Grand
• Left on 3rd off Grand
• Right on Locust
• Left on 5th
• Right on Cherry (becomes Independence)
• Left on Paseo (becomes Cliff)
• Left on Gladstone
• Right on Van Burnt Blvd
• Left on Thompson Ave
• Left on Quincy
• Right on Budd Park
• Left on Hardesty Ave
• Left on Norledge Ave
• Right on Brighton Ave
• Right on Gladstone
• Right on N. Wheeling
• Left on St John
• Left on Belmont
• Left on Gladstone
• Right on Lexington
• Left on Wabash
• Right on Independence
• Left on Olive
• Right on 9th
• Left on Oak

For information on how to register or to view the complete list of road closures, visit http://www.thenorthface.com/endurancechallenge/races/2011/mo/index.html